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Enchylaena tomentosa
Also called Barrier saltbush, Sturt Saltbush
Enchylaena tomentosa commonly known as barrier saltbush or ruby saltbush,is a flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a small shrub with greyish soft leaves, small flowers and fleshy berries.
It occurs throughout Australia, and has also naturalised in New Caledonia. It tolerates a range of soils, but prefers soils that are slightly saline. Occurring through most of semi-arid Australia, on a variety of land and soil types such as sand plains, hill slopes, creek lines, sand dunes and salt lake shores. Preferring slightly shaded soil areas under trees such as Alectryon oleifolius and Acacia papyrocarpa.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Enchylaena tomentosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
