Ptilotus crinitus

Ptilotus crinitus is a rounded, ascending perennial herb or subshrub that typically grows up to high, and has mostly glabrous stems and leaves. The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic, long and wide. The flowers are greenish with a pink tinge and borne in spikes of more than ten flowers, the spikes long. There are narrowly lance-shaped bracts long, and straw-coloured bracteoles with a prominent mid-rib. The outer sepals are long and tinged with pale pink, the inner sepals long and hairy on the lower surface. There are three stamens, the style is curved, long and the ovary long, wide and covered with silky hairs. Flowering has been observed in February and probably occurs between January and April. ==Taxonomy==

Ptilotus crinitus was first formally described in 2021 by Robert Davis and Timothy Andrew Hammer in the journal Swainsona from specimens collected in the Northern Kimberley region in 2008. The specific epithet (crinitus) means 'long-haired', referring to hairs on the lower surface of the sepals. ==Distribution and habitat==

This species of Ptilotus is only known from the type location where it grows on shallow sand near a beach in woodland with a grassy understorey. ==Conservation status==

Ptilotus crinitus is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, ==See also==