Maireana pentagona
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| Maireana pentagona | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. pentagona |
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| Maireana pentagona | |
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Maireana pentagona, commonly known as hairy bluebush or slender fissure-weed,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, and is endemic to Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying perennial with woolly branches, densely hairy linear leaves, flowers arranged singly and a woolly fruiting perianth, the upper surface with a thick, hard ridge.
Maireana pentagona is prostrate to low-lying or ascending perennial shrub that typically grows to a height of about 10 cm (3.9 in), its branches covered with woolly hairs. Its leaves are linear, mostly 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long and densely covered with shaggy hairs but often becoming glabrous with age. The flowers are densely hairy and arranged singly, sometimes in leafy spikes or scattered along branches. The fruiting perianth is covered with shaggy hairs, pentagonal in outline, 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) in diameter, the lower surface convex with a narrow wing, and the upper surface with a thick, hard ridge.[2][3][4][5][6]