Maireana integra (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson

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Wilson, Paul G. (27 June 1975), A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 2(1): 50-51, Fig. 13 (map)

Nomenclature

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Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 209, Fig. 34, Map 299
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nomenclatural synonym: Kochia integra Paul G.Wilson: 209
  Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 209, Fig. 34, Map 299
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nomenclatural synonym: Kochia integra Paul G.Wilson: 209

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Description

Shrub to 1 m high. Branches woolly. Leaves alternate, semiterete, 5–14 mm long, 1 mm wide, obtuse, woolly. Flowers solitary, bisexual. Fruiting perianth pale to dark brown when dry; tube hemispherical, 1 mm high, 2.5 mm wide at apex, faintly costate, crustaceous, glabrous; wing simple, without a radial slit, horizontal, c. 10 mm diam., glabrous; upper perianth flat, pubescent.

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Biostatus

Native.

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Distribution

Found from western N.S.W. westwards through S.A. and southern N.T. into south-central W.A.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

W.A.: 29 km E of Warburton (Mission), A.S. George 8724 (PERTH). 

N.T.: New Crown Station, T.S. Henshall 1513 (NT). 

S.A.: 6 km NW of Curnamona Homestead, A.E. Orchard 286 (AD). 

N.S.W.: Byrnedale Station, J.C. De Nardi 692 (NSW).

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Notes

In western N.S.W. and south-western Qld there are plants intermediate in morphology between M. integra and M. villosa; it is possible that these are hybrids between the two species.

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Illustrations

G.M. Cunningham et al., Plants of Western New South Wales 271 fig. 47(6) (1982); P.G. Wilson, Chenopodiaceae in Flora of Australia 4: 187, fig. 34T(1984).

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Flora of Australia Volume 4

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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 integra, 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%20integra [Date Accessed: 14 March 2025]