Maireana triptera
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| Maireana triptera | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. triptera |
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| Maireana triptera | |
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Maireana triptera, commonly known as three-wing bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to mainland Australia. It is a glaucous, compact perennial shrub with mostly glabrous branchlets, fleshy semiterete leaves, mostly bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a glabrous fruiting perianth with five vertical wings fused to a horizontal wing.
Maireana triptera is a glaucous, perennial shrub that typically grows up to 50 cm (20 in) high and is glabrous, apart from soft hairs in leaf axils. The leaves are arranged densely, alternate, fleshy, slender and semiterete, about 10 mm (0.39 in) long with a pointed end. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly. The fruiting perianth is glabrous, glossy dark brown to black when dry, with a top-shaped, crusty tube and five papery vertical wings running the length of the tube and fused with a horizontal wing about 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5][6]
