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Atriplex nummularia Lindl.
Family Chenopodiaceae
Common name: Old Man Saltbush

Atriplex nummularia Lindl. APNI*

Synonyms: Atriplex nummularia subsp. omissa Aellen APNI*
Atriplex nummularia Lindl. subsp. nummularia APNI*

Description: Perennial shrub to 2–3 m high, dioecious.

Leaves broad-ovate to almost circular, to c. 25 mm long, margins entire to sinuate.

Inflorescence paniculate. Flowers unisexual, mostly on separate plants. Fruiting bracteoles 5–10 mm long, margins entire to sinuate; petiolate.


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Distribution and occurrence: Usually on heavy soils in or around seasonally inundated areas or floodways. Drier areas of all mainland States.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


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