Maireana cheelii (R.H.Anderson) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Maireana

Characteristics

Small erect caespitose perennial with woody stock and swollen tap-root. Branches slender, closely woolly when young. Leaves alternate, fleshy, slender, semiterete, c. 6 mm long, glabrous, very shortly spurred at base. Flowers solitary or paired, bisexual. Fruiting perianth wheel-shaped, cartilaginous to woody, somewhat woolly above, 5–6 mm diam.; tube convex but depressed in centre, 2 mm diam., strongly 10-ribbed, with a solid boss-like base; wings 5, fan-shaped, cartilaginous, horizontally radiating; upper perianth flat; radicular slit continuing down tube as a more prominent rib.
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A small tufted herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20 cm tall. It has a swollen taproot. The branches are slender and woolly. The leaves are alternate and narrow and fleshy. They are 5-9 cm long.
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Grows inheavy soil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food food
Edible roots
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Maireana cheelii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166091-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295093
COL ID 3XJL7
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Synonyms

Maireana cheelii Kochia cheelii