Leaves and burrs. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, ESE of Booligal, NSW

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, ESE of Booligal, NSW

Common Name

Woolly Copperburr, Spinach Burr, Copper-burr

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Notes

Woody perennial forb or shrub to 40cm tall, or spreading. Leaves succulent, crowded, 0.5-2cm long, linear, flattened cylindrical, hairy. Flowers small (less than 3mm across), solitary at the bases of the leaves. Burrs hairy with 3-6 spines. Endangered Vic.

Description (page 254) and line drawing of burr (Fig. 46-20 page 253) (as Bassia lanicuspis) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sclerolaena~lanicuspis