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Maireana campanulata

Maireana campanulata
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
C. & EC. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Maireana campanulata, commonly known as bell-fruit bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to inland regions of Australia. It is a spreading or erect shrub or subshrub with linear to oblong leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a cup-shaped fruiting perianth with a thin, very narrow wing.

Where it grows

Maireana campanulata grows on rocky or gravelly hills, ranges and breakaways. It is found in the far north-west of New South Wales, northern South Australia, the Northern Territory and western Queensland.

Other Maireana plants

Bluebush · Maireana amoena · Cottonbush · Grey Bluebush · Low Bluebush · Maireana atkinsiana · Eastern Cottonbush · Maireana cannonii · Cottony Bluebush · Maireana cheelii · Fissure Weed · Maireana convexa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana campanulata 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.

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