Neobassia proceriflora (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott

Soda bush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Neobassia

Characteristics

Small glabrous or sparsely villous shrub. Leaves slender, 10–20 mm long, 1 mm diam. Fruiting perianth tubular to bluntly ellipsoidal, c. 8 mm long, 2.5 mm diam., glabrous to villous; wall thick, initially succulent outside, later spongy, woody within; base oblique, firmly attached to branch; apex produced into a thin, very shortly 5-spined cup-shaped structure obscuring the small lobes.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Grows in heavy soil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses poison
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Images

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Distribution

Neobassia proceriflora world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166177-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295220
COL ID 6RV2B
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Synonyms

Neobassia proceriflora Threlkeldia proceriflora