Citation: A.J. Scott, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 89:112 (1978).

Synonymy: Bassia constricta Ising, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 84:95 (1961); B. uniflora (R. Br.)F. Muell. var. incongruens J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 48:254 (1924).

Common name: None

Description:
Rounded perennial to 20 cm high; branches velvety to cottony; leaves linear to very narrow-oblong, c. 10 mm long, sparsely appressed-pilose.

Flowers solitary; perianth sparsely pilose; stamens 5.

Fruiting perianth very sparsely pubescent; tube shortly oblong, dorsiventrally compressed, c. 1 mm high, slightly constricted around the base, c. 1.5 mm wide, concave on the adaxial face, ascending, expanded below into a hollow oblong to circular base 2-3 mm long; limb ridgelike, incurved; spines 2, lateral, 1.5-5 mm long (or one reduced to a small knob), divergent; radicular tubercle adjacent to one of the spines and decurrent as a prominent rib; seed and radicle vertical.

Published illustration: E. H. Ising (1961) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 84:89 fig. 7; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 250.

Distribution:  Found frequently on slightly saline loam or alluvial soil. S.Aust.: LE, GT, FR, EA, MU.   N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: June — Dec.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: A rather variable species which possibly intergrades with S. parallelicuspis and S. holtiana.

Author: Not yet available