Family: Amaranthaceae
Atriplex nummularia
Citation:
Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, J. Trop. Austral. 64 (1848).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Old-man saltbush.
Description:
Erect shrub to 3 m high, predominantly dioecious; leaves broad-elliptic to ovate or obovate, obtuse, denticulate to coarsely dentate, smooth, grey-green; lamina 2-4 cm long, petiole 0.5-1 cm long.
Male flowers in disjunct glomerules c. 6 mm diam., arranged in panicles; female flowers in compact clusters arranged in panicles c. 20 cm long.
Fruiting bracteoles sessile; valves free, orbicular to rhomboid, 5-15 mm long, 5-11 mm wide, entire or denticulate, rounded at the apex, cuneate to cordate at the base, papery or thickened towards the base around the seed; appendages absent.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, pp. 241, 242.
Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Key to Infraspecific taxa:
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1. Bracteoles thickened and woody towards the base; margins appressed or slightly spreading |
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2. Bracteoles orbicular; base truncate or cordate |
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subsp. nummularia 25a. |
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2. Bracteoles almost rhomboid; base cuneate |
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subsp. spathulata 25c. |
Author:
Not yet available
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