Maireana pyramidata (Benth.) Paul G.wilson

Black bluebush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Maireana

Characteristics

Divaricately-branched shrub c. 1 m high. Branchlets woolly, sometimes sparsely. Leaves alternate, spreading, subterete, acute, 2–6 mm long, shortly appressed-pubescent (consisting of dendritic woolly and scattered coarse smooth hairs). Flowers mostly unisexual, shortly woolly. Fruiting perianth pale brown to black when dry; tube flat to shortly turbinate, thin-walled and readily crushed, sparsely puberulous; wing papery, horizontal, simple, 12 mm diam., rarely larger, entire or with a single radial slit; upper perianth erect, pyramidal, 2–4 mm high, puberulous.
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A shrub. It grows 0.3-1.5 m high. It is densely stiffly branched. The leaves are alternate and narrowly cylinder shaped. It is hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.65 - 1.25
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a warm temperate plant. It can grow in salt flats. It grows in desert regions.
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Grows insomewhat saline soil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

It is used as a herb when cooking.
Uses animal food environmental use vertebrate poison
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Images

Maireana pyramidata unspecified picture

Distribution

Maireana pyramidata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166124-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295159
COL ID 3XJM9
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Maireana pyramidata Kochia pyramidata Kochia lobostoma Kochia pyramidata var. lobostoma