Burrs and leaves. Unknown photographer, Trust for Nature, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Culluleraine, Vic

Plant. Unknown photographer, Trust for Nature, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Culluleraine, Vic

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: S Donaldson, SE of Hay

Common Name

Star Copperburr, Starred Bluebush, Star-fruit Bassia

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Notes

Short lived perennial forb or shrub to 50cm tall. Leaves succulent, scattered along the branches, 0.3-1.5cm long, flattened cylindrical to linear, hairy when young. Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), solitary at the bases of the leaves. Burr hairless to slightly hairy, with a crown of 10-12 teeth or spines.

Description and photo (as Bassia stelligera) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 257

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