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Maireana platycarpa, known as shy bluebush, is a small, brittle, woolly-branched shrub native to Western Australia, usually found in saline ground and rocky hill slopes. It is a hardy desert species, mainly of interest to native plant collectors and rehabilitation projects rather than ornamental gardens.
Maireana platycarpa, commonly known as shy bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a brittle, much-branched shrub with woolly branches, linear to almost terete or boat-shaped leaves, bisexual, woolly flowers arranged singly, and a pale golden fruiting perianth with a thin, woolly horizontal wing.
Shy bluebush usually grows in saline areas but also on the rocky slopes of hills, and is widespread in the Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo bioregions of Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana platycarpa 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.
