Bladder saltbush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Atriplex |
Species: | A. vesicaria
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Binomial name | |
Atriplex vesicaria | |
Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pachypharynx neglecta Aellen |
Atriplex vesicaria, commonly known as bladder saltbush,[2] is a species of flowering plant of the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to arid and semi-arid inland regions of Australia. It is an upright or sprawling shrub with scaly leaves and separate male and female plants, the fruit often with a bladder-like appendage.