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Atriplex pumilio R.Br.
Family Chenopodiaceae
Atriplex pumilio R.Br. APNI*

Synonyms: Atriplex prostrata R.Br. APNI*

Description: Prostrate annual to 15 cm high, monoecious.

Leaves ovate to elliptic, to 10 mm long, margins entire or sinuate; sessile.

Flowers axillary, solitary or in clusters. Fruiting bracteoles 2–3 mm long, almost square, truncate or shallowly 3-lobed; appendages absent.


Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in inland areas, but not common in the southern mainland States; introduced to Coast division. CC NWP NFWP SFWP; Vic., S.A., W.A. SYNONYMS:
NSW subdivisions: *CC, CWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. W.A. S.A.
AVH map***

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


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