Maireana melanocarpa
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| Maireana melanocarpa | |
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| Near Farina, South Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. melanocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Maireana melanocarpa | |
Maireana melanocarpa, commonly known as black-fruit bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a multi-branched shrub or subshrub with woolly branches, more or less terete woolly leaves, flowers arranged singly and a dark brown to black fruiting perianth with a horizontal wing with dark brown veins.
Maireana melanocarpa is a multi-branched shrub or subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to about 50 cm (20 in) abd has woolly branches. The leaves are arranged alternately, semiterete, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long, about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and woolly. The flowers are arranged singly and the fruiting perianth is dark brown to black at maturity, with a shortly hemispherical tube about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) high, rigid and ribbed. The wing is horizontal, up to 6 mm (0.24 in) wide with dark brown veins with a radial slit.[2][3][4]