Farmar Ptilotus schwartzii is a grass-like plant in the Amaranthaceae family.

[4] It is perennial herb, which grows from 0.2 to 1 m high, on sand or sandy clay.

Its stems are slender, wiry and a dull blue-green in colour.

[5] It was first described in 1888 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Ptilotus fraseri var.

schwartzii, who described it from a specimen collected near the McDonnell Ranges by the Reverend Mr Schwartz[1][6] Ralph Tate raised it to species rank in his 1989 census, with it thereby becoming Ptilotus schwartzii.