Common Name: Cotton-bush
Botanical Name: Maireana aphylla
Family: CHENOPODIACEAE
Description:
Low compact shrub, 50 cm high. Branches stiff, spiny. Tiny leaflets. Insignificant flowers. Often produces white, cotton-like growths caused by insect infestation. Seeds surrounded by small, circular, papery discs. Late summer to winter.
Low compact shrub, 50 cm high. Branches stiff, spiny. Tiny leaflets. Insignificant flowers. Often produces white, cotton-like growths caused by insect infestation. Seeds surrounded by small, circular, papery discs. Late summer to winter.
Natural Distribution:
Common to clay soils of irregularly inundated areas in most mainland agricultural districts of SA. In all mainland States and Territories.
Common to clay soils of irregularly inundated areas in most mainland agricultural districts of SA. In all mainland States and Territories.
Notes:
Is often seen as increasing in areas that have been overgrazed. Recorded as either vulnerable, rare or uncommon in most agricultural districts of SA.
Is often seen as increasing in areas that have been overgrazed. Recorded as either vulnerable, rare or uncommon in most agricultural districts of SA.
