Intricate Saltbush
Whole, more erect
Intricate Saltbush
New stem & Leaves
| Intricate Saltbush Whole, more erect | | Intricate Saltbush New stem & Leaves | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Betalains (Caryophyllales) | ||||
| Family: | Goosefoot (Chenopodiaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Intricate Saltbush (Rhagodia ulicina) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Whole, low🔎 | ||||
| Other names: | Spiny Goosefoot or Spiny Saltbush | ||||
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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