Maireana humillima

Prostrate or decumbent perennial herb with woody rootstock; branches to c. 20 cm long, densely cottony, often with a few longer silky hairs. Leaves alternate, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 5–15 mm long, covered with long, silky, white to tawny hairs. Flowers bisexual, subtended by a pair of membranous, narrowly ovate bracteoles 1–2 mm long, immersed in cottony hairs. Fruiting perianth c. 10–12 mm diam., pubescent on upper surface, flat at apex; tube obconical, glabrous, 3–4 mm diam. at apex, firm and rather thick-walled, slightly expanded at base with point of attachment slightly immersed; wing flat, brown, golden-yellow or tinged pink; radicular slit apparent on wing, extending down tube as a narrow ridge. Fruits Dec.–Mar.