Maireana humillima
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| Maireana humillima | |
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| In Yathong Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. humillima |
| Binomial name | |
| Maireana humillima | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Kochia humillima F.Muell. | |
Maireana humillima is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a low, spreading perennial plant with hairy branches, narrowly elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a glabrous fruiting perianth with a simple, circular wing that is woolly on its upper surface.
Maireana humillima is a low, spreading perennial plant with hairy branches up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. Its leaves are arranged alternately, narrowly elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long with shaggy light brown hairs pressed against the surface. The flowers are arranged singly with a pair of narrowly egg-shaped bracteoles about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long at the base. The fruiting perianth is glabrous apart from the woolly hairy upper side of the wing with a cup-shaped tube 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The wings is simple, circular, horizontal but thin, about 12 mm (0.47 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5]