Maireana turbinata
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| Maireana turbinata | |
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| Near the Gunbar-Booligal Road | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. turbinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Maireana turbinata | |
Maireana turbinata, commonly known as satiny bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to mainland Australia. It is an openly branched, perennial shrub with woolly branchlets, succulent, semiterete leaves, mostly bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a glabrous fruiting perianth with a top-shaped tube with a more or less horizontal wing.
Maireana turbinata is an openly branched, perennial shrub that typically grows up to 60 cm (24 in) high and has branchlets covered with white, woolly hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, succulent and semiterete, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, with white, woolly hairs pressed against the surface. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly with woolly lobes. The fruiting perianth is glabrous or with woolly lobes at the edges, golden brown when dry, with a top-shaped, smooth, glossy tube and a horizontal wing about 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5]