This is a list of species in the genus Ptilotus accepted by Plants of the World Online as a December 2024: All species are native to continental Australia, mostly in the arid regions, though one species also occurs in Tasmania and another in Malesia.Ptilotus actinocladus T.Hammer & R.W.Davis (W.A.) Ptilotus aervoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. – mat mulla mulla Ptilotus albidus (C.A.Gardner) Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus alexandri Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus andersonii R.W.Davis (W.A.) Ptilotus angustifolius (Benl) T.Hammer (S.A.) Ptilotus aphyllus Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus appendiculatus Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus aristatus Benl Ptilotus arthrolasius F.Muell. Ptilotus astrolasius F.Muell. Ptilotus auriculifolius F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus axillaris (Benth.) F.Muell. – mat mulla mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus barkeri Benl – Barkers mulla mulla (S.A.) Ptilotus beardii Benl – low mulla mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus beckerianus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex J.M.Black – ironstone mulla mulla (S.A.) Ptilotus benlii R.W.Davis & T.Hammer (W.A.) Ptilotus blackii Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus brachyanthus (Benth.) F.Muell. (Qld.) Ptilotus caespitulosus F.Muell. – salt lake mulla-mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus calostachyus F.Muell. – weeping mulla mulla Ptilotus capensis (Benl) A.R.Bean (Qld.) Ptilotus capitatus (F.Muell.) C.A.Gardner Ptilotus carinatus Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus carlsonii F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus chamaecladus Diels (W.A.) Ptilotus chippendalei Benl Ptilotus chortophytus (Diels) Schinz (W.A.) Ptilotus chrysocomus R.W.Davis (W.A.) Ptilotus clementii (Farmar) Benl – tassel top Ptilotus clivicola R.W.Davis & T.Hammer (W.A.) Ptilotus comatus Benl (N.T.) Ptilotus conicus R.Br. Ptilotus corymbosus R.Br. Ptilotus crinitus R.W.Davis & T.Hammer (N.T.) Ptilotus crispus Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus crosslandii (F.Muell.) Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus daphneae Lally (W.A.) Ptilotus davisii T.Hammer – Davis's mulla mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus decalvatus Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus decipiens (Benth.) C.A.Gardner ex A.W.Hill – false mulla mulla Ptilotus declinatus Nees – curved mulla mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus disparilis Lally – shrubby fox-tail (S.A.) Ptilotus dissitiflorus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Ptilotus distans (R.Br.) Poir. Ptilotus divaricatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. – climbing mulla mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus drummondii (Moq.) F.Muell. – narrowleaf mulla mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus eremita (S.Moore) T.Hammer & R.W.Davis (W.A.) Ptilotus eriotrichus P.S.Short (W.A.) Ptilotus erubescens Schltdl. – hairy heads, hairy tails Ptilotus esquamatus (Benth.) F.Muell (W.A.) Ptilotus exaltatus Nees – tall mulla mulla, large pink pussy-tails, pink mulla mulla, lambs tail, showy foxtail Ptilotus exiliflorus R.W.Davis (W.A.) Ptilotus extenuatus Benl Ptilotus falcatus R.W.Davis & T.Hammer (W.A.) Ptilotus fasciculatus W.Fitzg. (W.A.) Ptilotus fusiformis (R.Br.) Poir. – skeleton plant, pom-pom bottlebrush Ptilotus gardneri Benl Ptilotus gaudichaudii (Steud.) J.M.Black – paper foxtail Ptilotus giganteus (A.Cunn. ex Moq.) R.W.Davis & R.Butcher Ptilotus gomphrenoides F. Muell. ex Benth. (W.A.) Ptilotus grandiflorus F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus halophilus R.W.Davis (W.A.) Ptilotus helichrysoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus helipteroides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. – hairy mulla mulla, woolly tails Ptilotus holosericeus (Moq.) F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus humilis (Nees) F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus incanus (R.Br.) Poir. –grey fox-tail Ptilotus indivisus Benl – tangled silver-tails (N.S.W.) Ptilotus johnstonianus W.Fitzg. (W.A.) Ptilotus kenneallyanus Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus lanatus A.Cunn. ex Moq. (W.A.) Ptilotus latifolius R.Br. tangled mulla mulla, white foxtail Ptilotus lazaridis Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus leucocoma (Moq.) F.Muell. – small purple foxtail Ptilotus lophotrichus Benl (N.T.) Ptilotus luteolus (Benl & H.Eichler) R.W.Davis (W.A.) Ptilotus maconochiei Benl (Qld.) Ptilotus macrocephalus (R.Br.) Poir. – green pussytails, featherheads Ptilotus manglesii (Lindl.) F.Muell - pom poms (W.A.) Ptilotus marduguru Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus mitchellii Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus modestus T.Hammer – paper foxtail Ptilotus mollis Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus murrayi F.Muell. – Murray's fox-tail Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell. – yellowtails, regal foxtail, tall mulla mulla Ptilotus obovatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. – smoke bush, silver bush, silver tails, cotton bush Ptilotus parviflorus (Lindl.) F. Muell. Ptilotus parvifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. – shrubby fox-tail (S.A.) Ptilotus pedleyanus Benl & H.Eichler (Qld.) Ptilotus polakii F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. – long tails, Prince of Wales feather, bottle-washers, long pussy-tails Ptilotus procumbens Benl (W.A.) Ptilotus propinquus Lally – Gammon Ranges fox-tail (S.A.) Ptilotus pseudohelipteroides Benl – woolly mulla mulla, hairy mulla mulla Ptilotus psilorhachis T.Hammer & R.W.Davis Ptilotus pyramidatus (Moq.) F.Muell. – pyramid mulla mulla (W.A.) Ptilotus remotiflorus Benl – Cordillo Downs pussy-tail Ptilotus rigidus Lally (W.A.) Ptilotus robynsianus Benl – Robyns pussy-tail (S.A.) Ptilotus roei (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell. (W.A.) Ptilotus rotundatus Benl Ptilotus rotundifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Ptilotus royceanus Benl Ptilotus schwartzii Tate Ptilotus semilanatus (Lindl.) J.M.Black Ptilotus seminudus (J.M.Black) J.M.Black Ptilotus senarius A.R.Bean Ptilotus sericostachyus (Nees) F.Muell. Ptilotus sessilifolius (Lindl.) Benl Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. Ptilotus spicatus Benth. Ptilotus stipitatus Benl Ptilotus stirlingii (Lindl.) F.Muell. Ptilotus subspinescens R.W.Davis Ptilotus symonii Benl Ptilotus tetrandrus Benl Ptilotus trichocephalus Benl Ptilotus uncinellus (A.R.Bean) T.Hammer Ptilotus unguiculatus T.Hammer Ptilotus villosiflorus F.Muell. Ptilotus whitei (J.M.Black) Lally Ptilotus wilsonii Benl Ptilotus xerophilus T.Hammer & R.W.Davis Ptilotus yapukaratja R.W.Davis & T.Hammer