Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 3:40 (1983).

Synonymy: Arthrocnemum halocnemoides Nees var. pergranulatum J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 43:359 (1919).

Common name: None

Description:
Erect spreading or decumbent shrub or perennial herb to 50 cm high; articles cylindrical to obovoid, dull or glaucous; lobes rounded, entire.

Spikes terminal, to 5 cm long; flowers free or variously fused to each other and to the upper bract; abaxial surface ascending; perianth succulent, apex curved or truncate; abaxial lobe prominent and either within or outside the laterals.

Fruiting perianth fleshy, spongy or chartaceous, with a pithy interior; pericarp fused (and similar) to the perianth; seed broadly ovate to circular, c. 1 mm diam., testa crustaceous, concentrically ribbed all over; fruitlets either persistent or breaking away from the axis.

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

Biology: No text

Key to Infraspecific taxa:

1. Flowers free from each other and from the upper bract; lower perianth lobe obvious; spikes erect
2. Spikes undulate in outline; articles somewhat compressed; lower perianth lobe obvious	subsp. pergranulata 9a.
2. Spikes slender, terete; lower perianth lobe short	subsp. elongata 9c.
1. Flowers more or less fused to each other and to the upper bract; lower perianth lobe insignificant; spikes spreading	subsp. divaricata 9b.

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