| Ptilotus clementii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilotus |
| Species: | P. clementii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilotus clementii (Farmar) Benl |
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| Synonyms | |
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Trichinium clementii Farmar |
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Ptilotus clementii, commonly known as Tassel Top is a native Australian annual herb growing to between 0.3 and 1 metre high.[1] Nodding, green flower spikes are produced between March and November in the species native range.[1]
The species occurs in Triodia grassland or low open woodland on stony hills from Cape Range in Western Australia and eastward across the Northern Territory to north-west Queensland where it is restricted to the Mount Isa - Cloncurry area.[2]
The species was first formally described in 1905 by L. Farmar in Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissieras. He gave it the name Trichinium clementii , basing his description on a collection made by Emile Clement between the Ashburton and De Grey Rivers in 1897. The species was transferred to the genus Ptilotus in 1958. [3]