Dried plant. Fruiting bodies circled. Collected by Robert Brown, Nuyts Archipelago, 1802-1805. Reproduced by permission from the Natural History Museum, London, England

Dried plants. Collected by Robert Brown, Nuyts Archipelago, 1802-1805. Reproduced by permission from the Natural History Museum, London, England

Common Name

Two-spined Saltbush, Two-spined Copperburr, Bassia

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Notes

Perennial forb to about 35cm tall or sprawling. Leaves usually fleshy, crowded, about 1-2cm long, linear to narrow and flat, hairy. Flowers small (less than 3mm across), solitary at the bases of the leaves. Fruiting bodies hairy, with 2 spines to 2mm long, one or both sometimes absent, and one wart-like protuberance, more obvious than the spines. Rare Vic.

PlantNET description with line drawing of burr:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sclerolaena~uniflora