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	Class:	Plants (Plantae) - Shrubs & Bushes
	Order:	Betalains (Caryophyllales)
	Family:	Amaranth (Amaranthaceae)
	Species:	Erect Mallee Bluebush (Maireana pentatropis)
	This Photo:	Several Plants
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), and elsewhere Small, cylindrical, succulent, green leaves on long woody buff stems. Flowers are tiny white at the base of the leaves on the stem. In summer the plant takes nutrients from the leaves, leaving the leaves to shrivel up into black husk.
	Copyright © 2012-  Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 02-Aug-2012
This species is classed as  LC (Least Concern)  in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)