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.

	Rhagodia crassifolia twig
Image source: fig. 164b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NU, GT, FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI.   W.Aust.; Vic. 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

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.

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