Maireana stipitata
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| Maireana stipitata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. stipitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Maireana stipitata | |
Maireana stipitata is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a widely branching shrub with white woolly branches, semi-terete leaves, flowers arranged singly and a somewhat compressed fruiting perianth with a wavy, papery wing.
Maireana stipitata is a widely branching shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has branches covered with white, woolly hairs. Its leaves are arranged alternately, fleshy semiterete, 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long with a few woolly hairs. The flowers are dioecious or bisexual and arranged singly, the fruiting perianth is flattened, pale brown with a very short tube and top-shaped, produced at the base into a prominent, very thick-walled stalk 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long. The wing is simple, wavy and papery 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) in diameter.[2][3]