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Maireana sedifolia
Also called Dense Bluebush, Hoary Bluebush, Pearl Bluebush
Maireana sedifolia is a compact, widely branched, dioecious shrub of arid inland Australia, typically about 1 m tall and covered in bluish grey woolly hairs. It grows best in calcareous soils in full sun, and is hardy in dry conditions with little water.
Maireana sedifolia, also known as pearl bluebush, pearl saltbush, hoary bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to arid parts of inland Australia. It is a compact, widely branching shrub with fleshy, narrowly egg-shaped leaves, pairs of densely woolly bisexual flowers, and a firm, thin-walled fruiting perianth with a papery, horizontal wing.
Maireana sedifolia often grows in calcareous soil and is found in south-western New South Wales, north-western Victoria, South Australia, southern Northern Territory and south-eastern Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maireana sedifolia 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.
