Maireana stipitata Paul G.Wilson

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Wilson, Paul G. (27 June 1975), A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 2(1): 55, Map 17

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Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 213, Map 306
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  Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 213, Map 306
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Description

Divaricately-branched shrub to 1 m high. Branches white-woolly. Leaves alternate, fleshy, semiterete, 6–10 mm long, obtuse, sparsely tomentose with shortly dendritic hairs. Flowers solitary, unisexual or bisexual, dorsiventrally compressed. Fruiting perianth somewhat dorsiventrally compressed, pale brown; tube very short, broadly turbinate 0.5–1 mm high, thin-walled, densely papillose, produced at base into a prominent terete very thick-walled stipe, 1.5–3 mm long; wing simple, papery, undulate, 10–14 mm diam., finely nerved, glabrous, with a single radial (radicular) slit; upper perianth obscuring ovary, pubescent in centre or all over, bordered by a ring of raised papillose tissue.

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Biostatus

Native.

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Distribution

Occurs in the Shark Bay region and the Dampier Archipelago, W.A.

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Habitat

Grows in sub-saline areas.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

W.A.: near Carrarang Station, T.E.H. Aplin 3443 (PERTH); 38.5 km W of Overlander Roadhouse towards Denham, B.R. Maslin 3658a (PERTH).

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