Maireana ciliata
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| Maireana ciliata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. ciliata |
| Binomial name | |
| Maireana ciliata | |
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Kochia ciliata F.Muell. | |
Maireana ciliata, commonly known as fissure weed[2] or hairy bluebush,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a low-lying to erect perennial with woolly branches, narrowly oblong leaves, bisexual, densely hairy flowers arranged singly, and a hairy, lens-shaped, winged fruiting perianth.
Maireana ciliata is a low-lying to erect or spreading perennial plant that typically grows to a height of up to 15 cm (5.9 in) high with a woody base and thin, woolly branches. Its leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, linear to narrowly oblong, about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and covered with silky hairs. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly or in leafy spikes, the fruiting perianth lens-shaped, about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter with 5 radial ridges, and covered with silky hairs. Flowering occurs from April to November.[2][3][4][5][6]