Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eriochiton sclerolaenoides
Common name
Wingless Bluebush
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Where found
Variety of habitats. Western Slopes.
Notes
Shrub or perennial herb to about 0.3 m high or sprawling. Seed cases with spine-like wings. Leaves somewhat fleshy. Stems variably hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.5–2 cm long, flat to almost cylindrical, sparsely to densely hairy, tips pointed. Flowers small, tubular, with 5 'petals', the 'petals' densely and hairy with short hairs. Flowers single, usually forming dense leafy spikes. Seed cases hairy, 3.5–5 mm in diameter, with 5 spine-like wings, and 5 lobed or divided spine-like erect appendages on the body.
Maireana sclerolaenoides in NSW.
PlantNET description (as Maireana sclerolaenoides): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Maireana~sclerolaenoides (accessed 1 May 2021)
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