Maireana sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Maireana sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
Maireana sclerolaenoides is a woolly-branched plant with 5-lobed perianths, spiny fruiting structures, and horizontal seeds.
This species, Maireana sclerolaenoides, has woolly branches. Its leaves are linear in shape and covered in silky-woolly texture. Flowers grow singly in the leaf axils, and the perianth is divided into 5 lobes. The fruiting perianth is hardened, silky-woolly, and bears 5 spines plus 5 erect wings that grow from the base of the lobes. Its seeds are oriented horizontally.
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Atriplex suberecta I.Verd.
Allenrolfea occidentalis (S.Watson) Kuntze
Dysphania atriplicifolia (Spreng.) G.Kadereit, Sukhor. & Uotila
Ptilotus clementii (Farmar) Benl
Gomphrena haageana Klotzsch
Suaeda australis (R.Br.) Moq.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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