Maireana cannonii
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| Maireana cannonii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. cannonii |
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| Maireana cannonii | |
Maireana cannonii, commonly known as Cannon's bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a small subshrub with many branches, sessile leaves arranged in opposite pairs, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a crust-like, hemispherical fruiting perianth with a thin, horizontal wing.
Maireana cannonii is a small, spreading or erect grey shrub or subshrub, its branchlets covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and sessile, more or less circular in cross section, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and covered with silky hairs. The flowers are bisexual, with a short, hemispherical tube, about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) in diameter, with a thin, circular wing about 6 mm (0.24 in) in diameter with a radial slit.[3][4]