Small-leaf Bindyi: Whole, profile

Small-leaf Bindyi (Sclerolaena brevifolia)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Betalains (Caryophyllales)

Family:

Goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Small-leaf Bindyi (Sclerolaena brevifolia)

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🔍Whole, profile🔎

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
Leaves here are short ~2-3mm long (hence the binomial name), spines ~5mm long. The whole plant is ~300mm high. Spines are not in the same plane; they are oblique to each other.
It's difficult to separate from Oblique-spined Bindyi (Sclerolaena obliquicuspis) as that species can have small young leaves at the tips as well. It's important to look at the entire plant looking for long mature leaves at the base.
This plant is also less hairy than S. obliquicuspis.
Overall this plant looks more thorny as the leaves are very short compared to the spines.

Similar Species: Oblique-spined Bindyi (Sclerolaena obliquicuspis)

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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