Maireana rohrlachii (Paul G.wilson) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Maireana

Characteristics

Intricately branched shrub to 1 m high. Branches slender, closely woolly. Leaves alternate, obovoid to narrowly fusiform, 3–8 mm long, fleshy, glabrous. Flowers solitary, bisexual, glabrous. Fruiting perianth glabrous, pale brown when dry; tube broadly turbinate to hemispherical, to 2 mm high and 3 mm diam. at apex, thin-walled and readily crushed; wing simple, horizontal or undulate, thin, 12–16 mm diam., radially veined, with a single radial (radicular) slit; upper perianth flat, thin.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Usually growing in loamy soils.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Maireana rohrlachii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166126-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295181
COL ID 3XJMB
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Synonyms

Kochia rohrlachii Maireana rohrlachii