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Maireana brevifolia
Also called Small Leaf Bluebush, Short Leaf Bluebush
Maireana brevifolia, commonly known as small-leaf bluebush, eastern cotton bush or short-leaf bluebush is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia, and naturalised in other countries. It is a bushy, erect or rounded shrub or short-lived perennial plant with scattered, fleshy egg-shaped to spindle-shaped leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a thick and fleshy fruiting perianth with fan-shaped wings.
Maireana brevifolia grows in heavy, winter-wet and sometimes saline soils in the south-west of Western Australia, the banks of the upper Finke River in the south of the Northern Territory, the south-east of South Australia, Queensland, inland New South Wales and Victoria. It is one of the first species to appear in disturbed saline habitats.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana brevifolia 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.
