Family: Amaranthaceae
Rhagodia crassifolia
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 408 (1810).
Synonymy: Chenopodium crassifolium, Rhagodia baccata Common name: Fleshy saltbush.
Description:
Shrub to 1.5 m high; leaves alternate, fleshy, fusiform to semiterete, often channelled above or falcate, 1-2 cm long, mealy when young, the vesicles fusing to form a metallic sheen with age.
Panicle to 5 cm long or reduced to a short spike; flowers and fruit as in R. candolleana.
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Image source: fig. 164b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NU, GT, FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI. W.Aust.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: all months.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
The typical variant is coastal and intergrades with R. candolleana. An inland variant with strongly divaricate habit and more slender leaves is found from northern EP to north-west Vic., usually in calcareous soil; this may represent a distinct species.
Author:
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