Yellow tails or Regal foxtail - Ptilotus nobilis

''Ptilotus nobilis'', commonly known as yellow tails, regal foxtail or broad foxtail is a perennial herb of the family Amaranthaceae. It is found across dry interior areas of mainland Australia.

The species was first formally described by English botanist John Lindley in Thomas Mitchell's ''Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia'' in 1838. Lindley gave it the name ''Trichium nobile''. The species was transferred to the genus'' Ptilotus'' in 1868 by Victorian Government.. more