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Maireana diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect or straggly, widely branched shrub with oval leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and longer cigar-shaped leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a top-shaped fruiting perianth with fan-shaped wings.
This species of Maireana grows in saline soils near salt lakes between Dalwallinu and Merredin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Murchison bioregions of Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana diffusa 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.
