Intricate Saltbush
Whole, low
Intricate Saltbush
Spiny Habit
Animals
Plants
Info
| Intricate Saltbush Whole, low | | Intricate Saltbush Spiny Habit | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Betalains (Caryophyllales) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Intricate Saltbush (Rhagodia ulicina)| This Photo: | 🔍New stem & Leaves🔎 | Other names: | Spiny Goosefoot or Spiny Saltbush | Thank you Johnny B Woodside (JohnnyBWoodside) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere Small leaves, ~2-5mm. A medium sized, grey-green shrub with many branching stems Young stems are red. In winter/spring the leaves hide the branches quite well but as the season dries some of the leaves fall off leaving a spiny looking habit. The overal shape of the bush seems quite variable, possibly due to grazing from herbivours. This is a dioecious species, ie a specimen is either male or female. Only the female plants produce fruit. Like other Rhagodia's, the fruit is a red berry.
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