Ptilotus schwartzii
# Ptilotus schwartzii

Ptilotus schwartzii is a grass-like plant in the Amaranthaceae family.

## Distribution

Ptilotus scwartzii is endemic to Australia and found in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.

## Description

It is perennial herb, which grows from 0.2 to 1 m high, on sand or sandy clay. Its stems are slender, wiry and a dull blue-green in colour. It flowers from March to October with white- pink-purple flowers. It is found near streams on sandplains.

## Taxonomy

It was first described in 1888 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Ptilotus fraseri var. schwartzii, who described it from a specimen collected near the McDonnell Ranges by the Reverend Mr Schwartz Ralph Tate raised it to species rank in his 1989 census, with it thereby becoming Ptilotus schwartzii.

