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Tecticornia bibenda is a succulent, segmented-stemmed shrub from the saltbush and glasswort group, native to Western Australia. It thrives in salty, arid conditions and needs full sun and very well-drained soil.
Tecticornia bibenda is a species of plant in the subfamily Salicornioideae of the family Amaranthaceae from Western Australia. Its segmented stem gives it an appearance similar to the Michelin Man. T. bibenda ranked tenth in the top species of 2008 by the International Institute for Species Exploration[1].
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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.
