Chenopodium nutans

Chenopodium nutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species:
C. nutans
Binomial name
Chenopodium nutans
Synonyms[1]
  • Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A. J. Scott
  • Rhagodia nutans R.Br.

Chenopodium nutans[1] (Syn Einadia nutans, Rhagodia nutans), known by its common name of climbing saltbush or nodding saltbush, is a climbing groundcover native to Australia.

Plants form a blanket on the surface, climbing over logs and up trees to a height of around 1 metre. Each plant grows to around one metre in diameter. The small leaves are semi-succulent, and have a distinctive arrowhead shape. They grow along long, vine-like branches spreading out form the centre of the plant. Both the leaves and the branches are of a light green colour.[2]

Flowers are inconspicuous green balls, which form on top of terminal spikes during summer. These transform into very conspicuous, tiny, bright-red berries during early autumn.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Fuentes 2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Plants of the Adelaide plains and hills". Library of South Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2011.