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Maireana carnosa
Cottony bluebush is a low, woody-based perennial or subshrub from the Amaranth family, native to arid and semi-arid Australia. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant that needs full sun and very well-drained soil; the sources describe its species but not cultivation, so this entry is a species-level summary, not a grower's guide.
Maireana carnosa, commonly known as cottony bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is an erect to spreading or prostrate perennial herb or subshrub with a woody base, fleshy narrowly to broadly oblong leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a crust-like, hemispherical fruiting perianth with a thin, horizontal wing.
Cottony bluebush is found in south-eastern Queensland, northern South Australia, the Northern Territory and most of Western Australia, apart from the south-west.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana carnosa 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.
