Sclerolaena lanicuspis
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| Sclerolaena lanicuspis | |
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| Leaves and fruit | |
| In fruit | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Sclerolaena |
| Species: | S. lanicuspis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sclerolaena lanicuspis | |
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Sclerolaena lanicuspis, the spinach-burr or copper-burr, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia (except Tasmania).[1][2] A woody perennial reaching 25 cm (10 in), it has tomentose branches and semiterete leaves.[2]