Citation: Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 2:21 (1975).

Synonymy: Kochia scleroptera J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 46:568 (1922).

Common name: None

Description:
Prostrate to erect perennial to 30 cm high, with a woody base; branches slender, woolly; leaves alternate, narrow-oblong to narrow-obovate, 5-10 rarely to 20 mm long, silky to almost glabrous.

Flowers paired, densely woolly.

Fruiting perianth cartilaginous to woody, more or less woolly all over; tube convex, 10-ribbed, c. 2 mm diam.; wings 5, horizontal, cartilaginous, broadly oblong, flat, crenulate on the margin, 1-2 mm long; upper perianth open in the centre, thick and hard, forming a discoid rim.

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

Distribution:  Usually found in heavy loam. S.Aust.: NW, LE.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: all months.

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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