Leaves and burrs. Photo: Russell Best, Wyperfeld National Park, Vic

Burrs and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Plant. Photo: Russell Best, Wyperfeld National Park, Vic

Common Name

Grey Copperburr; Bassia

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Notes

Shrub or short lived perennial forb to 30cm tall or sprawling to prostrate.  Leaves usually succulent, 0.5-2.5cm long, linear, flattened narrow cylindrical, hairy.  Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), solitary at the bases of the leaves.  Burrs sparsely to densely hairy, with 2 spines.

Description and photo (as Bassia diacantha) (page 251) and line drawing of burr (Fig. 46-15 page 253) 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~diacantha