Common name: Green Pussytails, Featherheads
Ptilotus macrocephalus (R.Br.) Poir. APNI* 
Description: Perennial to 50 cm high, glabrous or slightly hairy, with a woody rootstock.
Leaves linear to narrow-lanceolate, to 5 cm long, c. 3 mm wide, apex mucronate, margins undulate.
Inflorescence oblong to cylindrical, 5–12 cm long, 4.5–6 cm diam., terminal, yellowish green. Bracts glabrous, shining, elliptic, acute to acuminate, mucronate or entire. Perianth segments 25–30 mm long; outer surface long-hairy with glabrous apex; inner surface glabrous. Stamens 4, staminodes 1. Ovary sparsely pubescent; style with scattered long hairs mostly on one side for at least half its length.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, grows in a wide range of habitats.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CT, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & L. Lapinpuro
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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