Nitre-bush: Bud Opening

Class:

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

Order:

Soapberries (Sapindales)

Family:

Saltpetre (Nitrariaceae)

Species:

Nitre-bush (Nitraria billardierei)

This Photo:

Bud Opening

Synonym:

Nitraria schoberi

Other names:

Dillon Bush, Native Grape, Nitre Bush or Wild Grape

Thank you Kitty and Tony for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges, the Riverland and elsewhere
Our one and only specimen (so far) is tucked behind a big Caletris, which has then had a major branch fall on it. So we've not been able to get a photo of the whole.
Since it's so shady, we also suspect this is why there is no fruit on it.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

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

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