Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 2:20 (1975).

Synonymy: Bassia luehmannii F. Muell., Victorian Nat. 7:47 (1890).

Common name: None

Description:
Woody divaricately branched perennial to 40 cm high; branchlets woolly; leaves alternate, fleshy, obovoid, c. 5 mm long, shortly silky.

Flowers paired.

Fruiting perianth flattened and appressed to the axis; attachment broad and flat; tube short, convex, 10-ribbed; wings 5, woody, 2-3 mm long, often curved, each divided into 2 or more spiny lobes; upper perianth flat.

	Maireana luehmanii fruit
Image source: fig. 159s in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  Usually found around salt lakes. S.Aust.: NW, LE.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: Aug. (1 record).

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

Biology: No text

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