Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 2:52 (1975).

Synonymy: Kochia planifolia F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:213 (1859); K. tomentosa F. Muell. var. platyphylla Ising, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 57:185 (1933).

Common name: Low bluebush.

Description:
Open loosely branched shrub 0.5-1 m high; branches slender, closely woolly; leaves alternate, flattened, narrow-obovate to obovate, obtuse, 8-15 rarely 5 mm long, sparsely to densely appressed-pubescent.

Flowers solitary or paired (normally only one maturing), bisexual.

Fruiting perianth straw-coloured to pale-brown when dry; tube broadly turbinate, smooth or faintly ribbed, thin-walled, glabrous; wing horizontal (never infolded when young), simple, with a single radial (radicular) slit, 10-14 mm diam., translucent; upper perianth flat, shortly woolly all over.

	Maireana planifolia fruit
Image source: fig 160f in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  Usually found on rocky slopes of hills. S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/ or fruits: May — Oct.

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

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