Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Maireana

Characteristics

Shrub to 1 m high. Branches slender, striate, sparsely woolly. Leaves alternate, obovoid to narrowly fusiform, 2–5 mm long, fleshy, narrowed into a short petiole, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, solitary, ebracteolate, glabrous except woolly-ciliate lobes. Fruiting perianth glabrous; tube shallowly hemispherical, thin-walled, c. 2 mm diam.; wings 5, horizontal, thin, fan-shaped, 2–3 mm long, with delicate brown venation when dry; perianth lobes thick and fleshy, sharply demarcated from wings.
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Shrub, up to 1 m tall, with longitudinally streaked, sparsely woolly stems. Leaves obovoid, short, fleshy, glabrous. Flowers 1 per leaf axil, without bracteoles. Fruiting perianth enlarging into 5 prominent papery fan-shaped wings with radiating brown veins, contrasting with thick fleshy perianth lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Grows in light to heavy sometimes somewhat salinesoil. An early coloniser of disturbed lands.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use erosion control forage vertebrate poison
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Images

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Distribution

Maireana brevifolia world distribution map, present in Australia, Chile, Spain, Israel, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166087-1
WFO ID wfo-0000376851
COL ID 3XJL3
BDTFX ID 166722
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Synonyms

Maireana brevifolia Kochia brevifolia Suaeda tamariscina Suaeda feliciana Salsola brachyphylla Kochia tamariscina Kochia thymifolia Enchylaena tamariscina