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Satiny Bluebush

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Satiny Bluebush photos
Scientific Name:Maireana georgei (syn. Kochia georgei)
Bush of Satiny Bluebush
Bush of Satiny Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to all mainland Australia.

Plant Description:

Compact and stout stemmed shrub to 40 cm tall with woolly branches. Leaves are fleshy, slender, 8-15 mm long and 1-2 mm wide; from almost hairless to covered in dense silky hairs.

Flowers are solitary in the angles between stem and leaves. Fruiting body consists of a top-shaped tube about 6 mm high and a horizontal wing 15-20 mm wide, wavy and satiny in appearance, often becoming golden or reddish.

Habitat:
Far north-west on lighter textured soils in a range of vegetation types. Sometimes growing near salt lakes.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
MalleeS0, S1W0, W1

Comments:
The bluebushes are a group of plants mainly confined to the arid parts of the State. A few, such as Yanga Bush (Maireana brevifolia) and Rosy Bluebush (Maireana erioclada), can be found growing naturally near or on saline flats.

Satiny Bluebush Photos

Flowering plant of Satiny Bluebush
Flowering plant of Satiny Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown
Branches and leaves of Satiny Bluebush
Branches and leaves of Satiny Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

Upper view of Satiny Bluebush
Upper view of Satiny Bluebush fruiting body
Photo: A J Brown

Side view of Satiny Bluebush
Side view of Satiny Bluebush fruiting body
Photo: A J Brown

Young leaves of Satiny Bluebush
Young leaves of Satiny Bluebush
Photo: A J Brown

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