Common Name: Long-spined Bindyi
Botanical Name: Sclerolaena longicuspis
Family: CHENOPODIACEAE
Description:
Low, prickly, perennial shrub to 60 cm high. Fleshy, slender, 2-3 cm long, with long sharp spines to 3 cm long. Early autumn to spring. Early autumn to spring.
Low, prickly, perennial shrub to 60 cm high. Fleshy, slender, 2-3 cm long, with long sharp spines to 3 cm long. Early autumn to spring. Early autumn to spring.
Natural Distribution:
Common to stony soils of lower rainfall mallee and northern arid plant communities in SA. Also occurs in NT, Qld and NSW.
Common to stony soils of lower rainfall mallee and northern arid plant communities in SA. Also occurs in NT, Qld and NSW.
Notes:
Many similar Sclerolaena species occur.
Many similar Sclerolaena species occur.
