Osteocarpum salsuginosum F.Muell.

Glabrous, rounded perennial, branching from base, to 20 cm high. Leaves fleshy, semiterete or clavate, ± flattened above, congested towards apex of branches. Fruiting perianth sessile or with a short, hollow base; tube subglobular, c. 1 mm high, smooth or faintly ribbed, keeled and gibbous on the side with the radicular protuberance which is sometimes produced into a rounded tubercle.

Generally found in clay soil subject to periodicflooding or on outer margin of salt lakes.