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Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell.
Family Chenopodiaceae
Common name: Pop Saltbush

Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell. APNI*

Synonyms: Senniella var. amoena Aellen APNI*

Description: Erect annual to 30 cm high, monoecious.

Leaves erect, triangular to ovate, to 20 mm long, apex acute, margins strongly toothed; sessile.

Flowers in axillary clusters. Fruiting bracteoles fused, inflated, globose, to 8 mm diam.; appendages absent.


Habit
Photo Tanja Lenz

Herbarium
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Distribution and occurrence: Widespread but more northerly and less common than the similar A. holocarpa.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld 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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