Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 3:38 (1980).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Shrub c. 0.5 m high; articles glossy, c. 5 mm long; margin entire to crenulate; lobes shortly acuminate.

Spikes terminal; bract-pairs similar to (but slightly shorter than) the vegetative articles; flowers free, steeply ascending, dorsiventrally compressed and slightly winged towards the apex; perianth thin (when dry), apex rounded to acuminate.

Pericarp ellipsoid, papery, with a membranous base; seed ovoid, c. 1 mm long; testa very thin, pale-brown, concentrically granular over the embryo, otherwise smooth; fruitlets eventually tearing away from the axis and exposing the seed.

Distribution:  Found in strongly saline or gypseous soils.   Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: Sept. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available