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Scientific classification
Genus:	Ptilotus
Species:	manglesii

Ptilotus manglesii, commonly known as pom poms is a herb native to Western Australia. The Noongar name for the plant is mulla mulla.

The herb has a prostrate to ascending habit and typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.3 metres (0.2 to 1.0 ft). It flowers between September and January producing pink flowers. It has a distribution from the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel and South West regions where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils.

The species was first described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810 as Trichinium macrocephalum in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, it was renamed by John Lindley in 1839 to Trichinium manglesii. Reclassified by Ferdinand von Mueller to Ptilotus manglesii in 1868 in the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.

Images for kids

A pair of cheerleading pom-poms
Cheerleaders using pom-poms during an American football halftime show
A group performance using pom-poms
Shako dating from the Bourbon Restoration with a red company pompon
Balmoral bonnet with a red toorie
Pile of pom-poms used for children's crafts

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