Top-fruit Bluebush
Fruit wing
Top-fruit Bluebush
Drying Fruit Fallen Off
| Top-fruit Bluebush Fruit wing | | Top-fruit Bluebush Drying Fruit Fallen Off | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Betalains (Caryophyllales) | ||||
| Family: | Goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Top-fruit Bluebush (Maireana turbinata) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Fruit Rear Profile🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Satiny Bluebush | ||||
Thank you Karen Weaving for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Very similar to Rohrlach's Bluebush. Taking a closer look you notice the lack of a radial slit in the fruit's wing; this isn't as easy to spot as you might think. The face of the wing is smooth except for small hair tuft in the middle; unlike Rohrlach's, which has a doughnut shaped lump in the centre. The bushes are quite small, ~400 mm across, and entangled with other plants for protection. The stems are covered in wool. We found a small patch of them after a massive rainfall this year (2022). We also discovered the cross between these & Ruby Saltbush on the same day in the same area (plus have since found more elsewhere) | |||||
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