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Maireana excavata

Low perennial herb or sub-shrub with fleshy leaves with silky hairs, and fruits with a wide circular wing.

Details
Flora Type
Chenopods
Distinctive Features

Brownish or pinkish fruit with a wing of 10mm diameter, faintly veined, with a radial slit.
Biology

Perennial. Relatively widespread in the Riverina but threatened in Vic.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Flowers mainly in spring, fruits Sep-Dec
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Maireana
Species
excavata

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Widespread but now confined to remnant stands. After the French botanist Charles Lemaire (1800-1871) who specialised in the Cacti family.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native