Seaberry Saltbush

Seaberry Saltbush photos

Family: Saltbush (Chenopodiaceae)

Scientific Name:

Rhagodia candolleana

Seaberry Saltbush with flower clusters
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

Plant Description:

A sprawling shrub to 4 m high with thin to somewhat fleshy oblong to broadly ovate or hastate (lobes near the base) leaves to 30 mm long and 20 mm wide, on short stalks. Upper leaf surface smooth and shining green, lower surface greyish and scaly.

Male and female flowers separate but similarly clustered in panicles to 15 cm long. Flower (perianth) segments (5 tepals) densely pubescent or mealy on the outer surface and to 1 mm long. Fruit a berry about 5 mm diameter, crimson at maturity, bitter to the taste and clasped by the reddish perianth. Seeds black, about 2mm diameter.

Habitat:

Largely confined to coastal Victoria but occasionally found inland around salt and brackish lakes.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Western, Gippsland	S1, S2, S3	W0, W1, W2

*mainly confined to coastal areas

Comments:

A very vigorous scrambling grower which can often dominant other coastal vegetation but can be useful for rehabilitation of degraded sites. Birds feed on the berries.

Seaberry Saltbush Photos

Leaved branch of Seaberry Saltbush Photo: A J Brown	Leaves and stem of Seaberry Saltbush Photo: A J Brown
Young and mature heads of Seaberry Saltbush Photo: A J Brown	Developing fruit of Seaberry Saltbush Photo: A J Brown
Seaberry Saltbush fruit Photo: A J Brown

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