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Luehman's bluebush is a low, widely branched Australian saltbush-type shrub or subshrub, typically up to about 40 cm tall, that grows naturally beside salt lakes. It needs full sun, free-draining salty or sandy soil, and very little water.
Maireana luehmannii, commonly known as Luehman's bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an erect, widely branched perennial herb, shrub or subshrub with woolly branches when young, fleshy, egg-shaped leaves, and pairs of bisexual flowers, the fruiting perianth flattened with five wings divided into two or more spiny lobes.
Luehman's bluebush grows near salt lakes from east-central Western Australia to the south of the Northern Territory, northern South Australia and Western Queensland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana luehmannii 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.
