Fruiting bodies and leaves. Photo: A&M. Kapitany, http://www.australiansucculents.com/

Fruiting bodies and leaves. Photo: Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Shrub. Photo: Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Satiny Bluebush, Slit-wing Bluebush

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Notes

Shrub or perennial forb to 50cm tall.  Leaves succulent, alternating up the stems, 0.8-3cm long, 1-2mm wide, slender flattened cylindrical, hairy to hairless.  Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), solitary at the bases of the leaves.  Fruiting body yellow, orange, or red; mostly hairless, with a single horizontal wing with one radial slit.  Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photo (page 269) and line drawing of fruiting body (Fig. 47-14 page 271) 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=Maireana~georgei