Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 4:53 (1982).

Synonymy: Chenopodium ulicinum Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 66:224 (1919).

Common name: Spiny goosefoot.

Description:
Dense intricately branched spinescent shrub 0.5-1 m high; leaves alternate, often clustered, fleshy, elliptic, 2-5 mm long, closely mealy with vesicular hairs.

Berry at first enveloped by the perianth; seed c. 1.5 mm diam.; testa smooth to minutely granular.

	Rhagodia ulicina twig
Image source: fig. 164h in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p.263, as Chenopodium ulicinum.

Distribution:  usually found in rocky situations or over limestone. S.Aust.: LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, MU.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: all months.

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

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