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Rosy Bluebush

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Scientific Name:Maireana erioclada (syn. Kochia erioclada)
Green, unstressed plant of Rosy Bluebush
Green, unstressed plant of Rosy Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

Plant Description:

Perennial, bushy shrub to 60 cm tall with white woolly branches and small, club-shaped, hairless leaves to 10 mm long.

Flowers solitary in the angles between stem and leaves. Fruiting body green to rosy-crimson when young and maturing to dull brown. The fruiting body consists of a flat, 12 mm diameter, horizontal wing above a narrow funnel-shaped tube which has five vertical semi-circular wings, also joined to the horizontal wing.

Habitat:
Far north-west on red-brown earths in mallee communities but extending to the edges of salt pans.
Region
MalleeS0, S1, S2W0, W1

Comments:
The bluebushes are a somewhat large group of plants that are mainly confined to the arid parts of the State, often in Mallee communities. A few, such as Yanga Bush (Maireana brevifolia), can be found growing naturally near or on saline flats, while others (e.g. Satiny Bluebush (Maireana georgei) have shown salt tolerance in trials.

Rosy Bluebush

Red, salt stressed plant of Rosy Bluebush
Red, salt stressed plant of Rosy Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown
Red leaves of salt stressed plant of Rosy Bluebush
Red leaves of salt stressed plant of Rosy Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

Flowers of Rosy Bluebush
Flowers of Rosy Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

Young fruiting body of Rosy Bluebush
Young fruiting body of Rosy Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves of Rosy Bluebush
Leaves of Rosy Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

Fruiting body of Rosy Bluebush
Fruiting body of Rosy Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

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