Tecticornia pluriflora (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson APNI* Synonyms: Halosarcia pluriflora Paul G.Wilson APNI*
Description: Hemispherical perennial to c. 1 m high.
Branches succulent, swollen; leaf lobes mostly acute, finely toothed.
Inflorescence terminal. Flowers mostly bisexual, occasionally only male flowers present on some plants, 3, 5 or 7 in the axis of each bract (only the central triad fertile), free from each other and from the bracts; perianth lobes 3, irregular, finely toothed, the medial lobe small and usually between the lateral lobes.
Seeds semicircular, c. 1 mm diam., dark reddish brown, colliculate (± ribbed) around the margins; sterile lateral flowers frequently produced both sides of the central triad. Mature fruitlets eventually breaking away from axis.
Distribution and occurrence: Margins of inland salt lakes and salt springs.
NSW subdivisions: NWP
Other Australian states: S.A.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990) (as Halosarcia pluriflora)
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