Family: Amaranthaceae
Atriplex cordifolia
Citation:
J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 69:309 (1945).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Annual or short-lived perennial c. 30 cm high, branching from the base, monoecious; leaves sessile, triangular to narrow-triangular or ovate, cordate, acute, 5-20 mm long, entire to sinuate-dentate in the lower half, scaly-tomentose, or forming a grey punctate sheen with age.
Flowers in axillary glomerules, the upper ones male and female, the lower female.
Fruiting bracteoles minutely pedicellate, free to the base, rhomboid-triangular, 2-3 mm high and wide, 3-nerved.
Distribution:
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Found usually in gypseous or saline soil.
S.Aust.: LE, GT, EA. N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: all months.
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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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Author:
Not yet available
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