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Maireana ciliata
Maireana ciliata, commonly known as fissure weed or hairy bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a low-lying to erect perennial with woolly branches, narrowly oblong leaves, bisexual, densely hairy flowers arranged singly, and a hairy, lens-shaped, winged fruiting perianth.
Maireana ciliata mainly grows on calcareous soils and is found in central and north-eastern South Australia, the south of the Northern Territory, far western New South Wales, far north-western Victoria and in Queensland. The species has been introduced to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana ciliata 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.
