Climbing Saltbush
Leaf
Climbing Saltbush
Structure
| Climbing Saltbush Leaf | | Climbing Saltbush Structure | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Betalains (Caryophyllales) | ||||
| Family: | Goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) | ||||
| Species: | Climbing Saltbush (Einadia nutans ssp nutans) | ||||
| This Photo: | New Growth | ||||
| Other name: | Nodding saltbush | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Would never have picked this as a salt bush. We were convinced it was some sort of pea, related to the common flat-pea (Platylobium obtusangulum) because of the triangular / 3-point / spade / arrowhead leaves. But we were browsing through Entwood Sanctuary's species list, finding photo's on the web for species we haven't seen and there it was, triangular leaves with 3 points! Identified by chance, but we'll take the win Light green leaves going darker with age, tiny green ball flowers and bright red berry fruits. | |||||
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