Citation: Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, J. Trop. Austral. 64 (1848).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Old-man saltbush.

Description:
Erect shrub to 3 m high, predominantly dioecious; leaves broad-elliptic to ovate or obovate, obtuse, denticulate to coarsely dentate, smooth, grey-green; lamina 2-4 cm long, petiole 0.5-1 cm long.

Male flowers in disjunct glomerules c. 6 mm diam., arranged in panicles; female flowers in compact clusters arranged in panicles c. 20 cm long.

Fruiting bracteoles sessile; valves free, orbicular to rhomboid, 5-15 mm long, 5-11 mm wide, entire or denticulate, rounded at the apex, cuneate to cordate at the base, papery or thickened towards the base around the seed; appendages absent.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, pp. 241, 242.

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. Bracteoles thickened and woody towards the base; margins appressed or slightly spreading
2. Bracteoles orbicular; base truncate or cordate	subsp. nummularia 25a.
2. Bracteoles almost rhomboid; base cuneate	subsp. spathulata 25c.

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