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Maireana cheelii, commonly known as chariot wheels, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small, erect perennial with more or less terete leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly or in pairs, and a stiff, cottony fruiting perianth with a wheel-shaped wing.
Maireana cheelii usually grows on winter-wet, heavy loam or clay soils, usually with Atriplex vesicaria in the far south-west of New South Wales and near Lake Buloke and Kerang in Victoria. It was previously known from Kamarooka in Victoria, and near Eulo and Thargomindah in Queensland, but has not been seen in that state since 1936.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana cheelii 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.
