Maireana convexa Paul G.Wilson

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Wilson, Paul G. (27 June 1975), A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 2(1): 34, Fig. 8 G-H, Map 20

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Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 197, Fig. 33, Map 271
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  Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 197, Fig. 33, Map 271
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Common Name

Mulga Bluebush.

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Description

Open, divaricately branched shrub 1–2 m high. Branchlets closely woolly. Leaves alternate, semiterete, 10–20 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, fleshy, somewhat silky. Flowers solitary, bisexual. Fruiting perianth; tube broadly turbinate, c. 3 mm high and 5 mm wide at apex, smooth, the base rounded, wall thick and hard; wing horizontal, papery, c. 15 mm diam., faintly veined, with a single radial (radicular) slit; upper perianth convex hard, closely woolly. Style massive, hard and conical, included within perianth.

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Native.

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Distribution

Found in Western Australia between latitudes 25° and 30°.

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Habitat

Usually grows in non-saline soils in mulga (Acacia aneura) communities.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

W.A.: Wondinong Station, A.M. Ashby 2615 (BRI, PERTH); c. 11 km SW of Cue, J.S. Beard 6604 (PERTH).

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P.G. Wilson, Chenopodiaceae in Flora of Australia 4: 186, fig. 33W (1984).

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Flora of Australia Volume 4

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© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2024
Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:40 Status: Legacy

Author - Paul G. Wilson

Contributor - A.M. Wheeler (editorial assistance September 2024)

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Cite this profile as: Paul G. Wilson. Maireana convexa, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Maireana%20convexa [Date Accessed: 19 September 2025]