Maireana radiata
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| Maireana radiata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. radiata |
| Binomial name | |
| Maireana radiata (Paul.G.Wilson) Paul.G.Wilson[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Kochia radiata Paul G.Wilson | |
Maireana radiata, commonly known as grey bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is an erect, grey, densely branched shrub with its branches covered with woolly hairs, mostly unisexual flowers and a glabrous fruiting perianth with a brittle, almost woody tube and a papery wing.
Maireana radiata is an erect, grey, densely branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in) and has woolly branches with white hairs at first, later dark brown. Its leaves are arranged alternately, erect, fleshy, narrowly egg-shaped to more or less terete, with a few woolly hairs and 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. The flowers are unisexual, glabrous below and woolly above. The fruiting perianth is glabrous except for the upper densely woolly upper perianth, the tube hemispherical, up to 1 mm (0.039 in) high and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) in diameter, brittle or almost woody, the wing papery, horizontal and usually up to 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5]
