Family: Amaranthaceae
Atriplex paludosa
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 406 (1810).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Marsh saltbush.
Description:
Decumbent or erect shrub to 1 m high, predominantly dioecious; leaves narrow-elliptic to orbicular, acute or obtuse, attentuate at the base, entire; lamina 1-4 cm long, 2-15 mm wide; petiole 2-4 mm long.
Male flowers in disjunct glomerules c. 2 mm diam., forming panicles 6-25 cm long; female flowers in congested panicles c. 15 cm long.
Fruiting bracteoles sessile or with a slender or cylindrical pedicel 1-3 mm long; valves free, orbicular to triangular, obtuse to acute, attenuate to cordate at the base, 7-12 mm long and wide, entire or with a prominent antrorse tooth on either margin above the widest point, or rarely denticulate; appendages absent (rarely present in subsp. paludosa).
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Key to Infraspecific taxa:
Author:
Not yet available
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