Maireana obrienii

Erect shrub to 80 cm high; branchlets glabrous except for conspicuous tufts of hairs in leaf axils. Leaves alternate, narrowly ovoid to clavate, 3–6(–10) mm long, fleshy, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, glabrous or ciliate on margins of lobes. Fruiting perianth 10–13 mm diam., perianth lobes slightly enlarged; tube shallowly hemispherical 3.5–4.5 mm diam., thin-walled, truncate or slightly domed at apex; wing horizontal, ±flat with distinct rosy pink margin; radicular slit present on wing, often extending down tube. Fruits Dec.–May.