Sclerolaena limbata (J.M.Black) Ulbr.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Sclerolaena

Characteristics

Shrub to 1 m high, tomentose all over with shortly dendritic hairs. Leaves slender, semiterete to clavate, 10–30 mm long, often recurved at apex, fleshy. Flowers solitary. Perianth tomentose. Fruiting perianth hard, tomentose; attachment basal, elliptic, c. 3.5 mm long; tube very shortly turbinate, c. 2 mm high and 3 mm wide at apex; limb erect, cylindrical, shortly exceeding tube; spines 2, divergent, 5–10 mm long; radicular tubercle prominent. Seed horizontal; radicle ascending.
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

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

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Sclerolaena limbata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167324-1
WFO ID wfo-0001295278
COL ID 4VPVN
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Synonyms

Sclerolaena limbata