Short-leaf Bluebush: Mass of Fruit

Short-leaf Bluebush (Maireana brevifolia)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Betalains (Caryophyllales)

Family:

Goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Short-leaf Bluebush (Maireana brevifolia)

This Photo:

Mass of Fruit

Synonyms:

Enchylaena tamariscina, Kochia brevifolia or Kochia tamariscina

Other names:

Cottonbush, Small Leaf Bluebush or Yanga Bush

Thank you Dr Kym Nicolson for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
On the whole a very straggly plant.
But the prominent green heads / tops, with red branches are quite pretty.
Flowers are almost invisible. Like most Maireana's; the fruit looks more like a flower and is quite beautiful.
The new fruits have a beautiful red edge to the wings.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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