Citation: Domin, Biblthca Bot. 89:624 (1921).

Synonymy: Kentropsis glabra F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:139 (1859); Bassia andersonii Ising, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 57:185 (1933); S. andersonii (Ising)A.J. Scott, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 89:111 (1978); B. glabra (F. Muell.)F. Muell., Syst. Census Aust. Pl. 1:30 (1882).

Common name: None

Description:
Small rounded shrub c. 0.4 m high, glabrous apart from the axillary pubescence.

Flowers solitary; perianth glabrous except for the ciliate perianth-segments; stamens 5.

Fruiting perianth, hard, glabrous; attachment oblique, circular, slightly hollowed; tube oblong (slightly broader at the apex), c. 2.5 mm long, dorsiventrally compressed; faintly ribbed; limb erect, with the tip inflexed, c. 1 mm high; spines 2 + 1 or 2 + 2, an opposite pair laterally placed and ascending, 3-7 mm long, a radicular spine curved adaxially, 1-2 mm long, usually with a collateral tubercle or small spine; embryo erect.

	Sclerolaena glabra fruit
Image source: fig. 170a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: F. Mueller (1891) Iconography of Australian salsolaceous plants, t. 66, figs 2-5, 7-10.

Distribution:  Usually on heavy somewhat saline soil. S.Aust.: NW, LE, FR, EA.   W.Aust.; N.T.; QId; N.S.W. 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

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