Rohrlach's Bluebush

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©Adrian Shackley

Maireana rohrlachii


Perennial spindly shrub to 1 m high with widespreading branches that are hairy, especially when young. Leaves alternate, roundish in cross-section and succulent, 3-8 mm long, smooth. Flowers are solitary, bisexual. Smooth fruit with a simple wing 12-16 mm in diameter, with a single radial slit and pale radial veins.


Details
Flora Type
Chenopods
Distinctive Features

Spindly shrub to 1 m high, with fruit with a single wing to 16 mm.

Biology

Perennial. Found on saline or sandy loam soils rich in gypsum, often fringing lakes, and in seasonally wet areas.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Fruits Jan-Apr

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Maireana
Species
rohrlachii

Perennial. Fire resistant. After the French botanist Charles Lemaire (1800-1871) who specialised in the Cacti family.


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native