Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 2:28 (1975).

Synonymy: Kochia coronata J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 41:43 (1917).

Common name: Crown fissure-weed.

Description:
Decumbent to erect perennial with a woody base and slender tap root, c. 15 cm high; branches woolly; leaves alternate, linear, 7-20 mm long, appressed-villous or silky.

Flowers solitary, densely silky-villous, often in congested leafy spikes.

Fruiting perianth like an inverted academic hat ('mortarboard'), horny, silky-villous; base flat and continuous with a narrow circular wing, in all c. 4 mm diam.; upper surface with a cup-shaped outgrowth (corona) to 2.5 mm high.

	Maireana coronata fruits
Image source: fig. 159i 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. 266.

Distribution:  Usually found in heavy soils. S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: April, July — Nov.

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

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