Malacocera biflora Ising

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Malacocera

Characteristics

Small shrub to 25 cm high. Branches slender, white-woolly. Leaves slender, semiterete, acuminate, usually 5–12 mm long, white to brown villous. Flowers in pairs in leaf axils, densely woolly. Fruiting perianth very depressed; processes flat, narrowly triangular, densely woolly, 3 major c. 1.5 mm long forming a Y configuration, 1 or 2 minor ones sometimes also present.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Malacocera biflora world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166142-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295218
COL ID 3XKFX
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Synonyms

Malacocera biflora