Atriplex lindleyi

Moq. Flat-topped Saltbush
in DC., Prodr. 13: 100 (1849)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native

Short-lived perennial subshrub to c. 40 cm high, monoecious. Leaves petiolate, rhombic to orbicular 6–35 mm long, 3–25 mm wide, entire or toothed, mealy grey-green or silvery. Male flowers in small dense clusters in upper leaf axils, female flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters in lower axils. Fruiting bracteoles united for greater part, much or barely inflated, c. 1 cm long and wide, weakly or strongly winged, the free apices protruding as a beak 1–2 mm long.

LoM, MuM, Wim, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, Gold, NIS, OtR.

4 subspecies, 3 in Victoria.

Source:

Walsh, N.G. (1996). Chenopodiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae‍, pp. 129–199. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Atriplex lindleyi (hero image) Spinning
Atriplex lindleyi (distribution map) Spinning