Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 40:60 (1916).

Synonymy: Bassia inchoata J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 38:463 (1914); T. obliqua J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 39:95 (1915), nom. illegit.

Common name: Tall bonefruit.

Description:
Rounded much branched perennial to 30 cm high, minutely pubescent in the leaf axils otherwise glabrous; leaves slender-terete, c. 15 mm long, acute.

Flowers: tube fleshy, c. 1 mm high, lobes united, membranous c. 0.5 mm high, undulate, ciliate; stamens 5.

Fruiting perianth obovoid, 3-4 mm long, laterally compressed, hard, c. 5 ribbed (the radicular rib prominent), apex oblique and gibbose over the radicle, shallowly rimmed around the central erect membranous perianth lobes, base concave; seed and radicle erect.

Distribution:  Found in somewhat saline soil often near creeks. S.Aust.: NW, LE.   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

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