Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 4:155 (1983).

Synonymy: C. anidiophyllum Aellen, Candollea 8:9 (1939).

Common name: Mallee goosefoot.

Description:
Erect perennial c. 20 cm high, with slender branches; leaves with slender petioles; lamina ovate to broadly elliptic, deltoid or subreniform, 10-20 mm long, mealy below, glabrescent above.

Inflorescence equal to or greatly exceeding the terminal leaves; flowers c. 1.5 mm diam.; perianth with simple or branched white vesicular hairs.

Pericarp membranous to succulent (wrinkled and orange when dry); seed c. 1.5 mm diam.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 259.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Flowering time: May — Nov.

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