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Maireana microphylla
Maireana microphylla, commonly known as cotton bush, small-leaf bluebush or eastern cottonbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a widely-branched shrub with slender branches, more or less terete leaves, flowers arranged singly but forming dense, leafy spikes and a tube-shaped fruiting perianth with a simple wing with a notched edge.
Cottonbush is a widespread colonising species in heavy loamy or poorer soils in south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and northern Victoria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana microphylla 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.
