Family: Amaranthaceae
Dissocarpus biflorus var. biflorus
Synonymy: Bassia biflora (R. Br.)F. Muell. var. cephalocarpa sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 307 (1948), non (F. Muell.)R. Anderson; D. biflorus F. Muell. var. cephalocarpus sensu Henshall in Jessop, Fl. Cent. Aust. 65 (1981), not as to S. Aust. localities.
, Sclerolaena biflora Common name: Twin-horned copperburr, bassia.
Description:
Connate fruiting perianths 2 or 3, divaricate, covered with a thin to loose woolly indumentum; fused portion globular to shortly cylindrical; base rounded, deeply concave; in all 6-10 mm wide.
| Dissocarpus biflorus var.biflorus twig and 2 fruits.
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Image source: fig. 154a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, fig. 46/6.
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Distribution:
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In heavy slightly saline soil.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL. N.T.; N.S.W.; Vic.
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Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
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Biology:
Not Applicable
Author:
Not yet available
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