Maireana schistocarpa
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| Maireana schistocarpa | |
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| In the Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. schistocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Maireana schistocarpa | |
Maireana schistocarpa, commonly known as split-fruit bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to arid areas of inland Australia. It is an erect, widely branched subshrub with its branchlets covered with woolly hairs, mostly unisexual flowers and a soft, easily crushed fruiting perianth with a broadly top-shaped tube and a papery wing.
Maireana schistocarpa is an erect, widely branched subshrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has thin branchlets densely covered with woolly hairs. Its leaves are slender, fleshy, more or less terete, 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long. The flowers are unisexual, arranged singly and densely covered with woolly hairs, the fruiting perianth is soft and straw-coloured when dry. The tube is broadly top-shaped, about 2 mm (0.079 in) high, thin-walled, easily crushed, with a vertical slit. The wing is papery, horizontal and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) in diameter.[3][4][5][6]