Maireana marginata
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| Maireana marginata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. marginata |
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| Maireana marginata | |
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Maireana marginata is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying perennial herb with a woody root stock and slender branches, fleshy linear to narrowly oblong leaves, single flowers and a fleshy, barrel shaped fruiting perianth with a narrow wing.
Maireana marginata is a prostrate to low-lying perennial herb with a woody rootstock and slender branches that are somewhat woolly when young. The leaves fleshy and arranged alternately, linear to narrowly oblong, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long and hairy. The flowers are arranged singly with two bracteoles about 1 mm (0.039 in) long at the base. The fruiting perianth is barrel-shaped, fleshy and flat with a tube bulging in the lower half with 10 rounded ribs and a wing that is a narrow extension to the flat upper perianth.[2][3][4]