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Maireana coronata

Maireana coronata
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C & E Australia

About

Maireana coronata, commonly known as crown fissure-weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a low-lying to erect perennial plant with linear leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a hairy fruiting perianth resembling an inverted academic "mortar board" hat, with a narrow circular wing.

Where it grows

Maireana coronata usually grows in heavy soils, often dominated by Mitchell grass, from near Alice Springs in the south of the Northern Territory to northern South Australia and to the east of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland and New South Wales.

Other Maireana plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana coronata 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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