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Maireana aphylla
Also called Leafless Bluebush
Cottonbush is a widely branched, mostly dioecious shrub native to inland Australia that grows on seasonally flooded clay soils. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant native shrub suited to dry, open country rather than typical garden care.
Maireana aphylla, commonly known as cotton bush or leafless bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a widely branched, mostly dioecious shrub with small, woolly leaves, flowers arranged singly, and a fruiting perianth with a small tube and horizontal wings.
Cotton bush occurs in all mainland states and territories apart from the Australian Capital Territory. It grows in seasonally inundated clay soils west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, in southern Queensland, the southern half of the Northern Territory and in the Carnarvon-Wiluna area of Western Australia.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana aphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
