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Maireana
''Maireana'' is a genus of around 58 species of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Maireana'' are herbaceous to woody perennial plants or small shrubs with often fleshy or succulent leaves, sessile flowers with five petals and five stamens, and the fruit is a utricle containing a single seed. Description Plants in the genus ''Maireana'' are herbaceous to woody perennials or small shrubs that are glabrous or sometimes covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are globe-shaped to terete or narrowly oblong, often fleshy or succulent. The flowers are sessile, arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils and are dioecious or hermaphrodite with five petals and five stamens opposite the petals. The ovary is more or less spherical with a short style and two or three linear stigmas. The perianth of the fruit has a wing, sometimes divided into separate leathery wings, at the base lobes that more or less obscure the utricle. The ut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Tomentosa
''Maireana'' is a genus of around 58 species of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Maireana'' are Herbaceous plant, herbaceous to woody perennial plants or small shrubs with often fleshy or succulent leaves, Sessility (botany), sessile flowers with five petals and five stamens, and the fruit is a Utricle (fruit), utricle containing a single seed. Description Plants in the genus ''Maireana'' are herbaceous to woody perennials or small shrubs that are wikt:glabrous, glabrous or sometimes covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are globe-shaped to terete or narrowly oblong, often fleshy or succulent. The flowers are sessile, arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils and are Dioecy, dioecious or hermaphrodite with five petals and five stamens opposite the petals. The Ovary (botany), ovary is more or less spherical with a short Style (botany), style and two or three linear Stigma (botany), stigmas. The perianth of the fruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Georgei - Flickr - Kevin Thiele
''Maireana'' is a genus of around 58 species of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Maireana'' are herbaceous to woody perennial plants or small shrubs with often fleshy or succulent leaves, sessile flowers with five petals and five stamens, and the fruit is a utricle containing a single seed. Description Plants in the genus ''Maireana'' are herbaceous to woody perennials or small shrubs that are glabrous or sometimes covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are globe-shaped to terete or narrowly oblong, often fleshy or succulent. The flowers are sessile, arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils and are dioecious or hermaphrodite with five petals and five stamens opposite the petals. The ovary is more or less spherical with a short style and two or three linear stigmas. The perianth of the fruit has a wing, sometimes divided into separate leathery wings, at the base lobes that more or less obscure the utricle. The utr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Astrotricha
''Maireana astrotricha'', commonly known as low bluebush, southern bluebush, or grey bluebush, is a widely branched, perennial plant with fleshy leaves, male, female or bisexual flowers and a winged fruiting perianth, and is usually found growing in open habitats, typically in gravelly, well-drained soils, in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. Description ''Maireana astrotricha'' is a rounded, widely branched perennial plant up to 1m high, with its branches and leaves covered with matted hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, fleshy, narrowly to broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long with a base tapered to a short petiole. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils, densely hairy, polygamodioecious, male or female, the male flowers hemispherical and the female spherical, with tiny bracts at the base. The fruiting perianth is densely hairy on the outside apart from the glabrous wing and the tube is about long and top-shaped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Aphylla
''Maireana aphylla'', commonly known as cotton bush or leafless bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a widely branched, mostly dioecious shrub with small, woolly leaves, flowers arranged singly, and a fruiting perianth with a small tube and horizontal wings. Description ''Maireana aphylla'' is a widely branched shrub that typically grows to high and about wide. Its branchlets are sometimes covered with woolly hairs and are often spiny. The leaves are arranged alternately, more or less terete, fleshy, long, usually covered with woolly hair, and often fall off as they mature. The flowers are mostly dioecious and arranged singly, sometimes with tiny bracteoles at the base. Male flowers are bell-shaped, about high and slightly woolly. Female flowers are more or less spherical, about high with a prominent radiating bulge, a glabrous ovary and two stigmas. The fruiting perianth is straw-coloured, mostly glab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Appressa
''Maireana appressa'', commonly known as grey bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an intricately branched, spreading or erect shrub covered with woolly, white hairs with narrowly triangular to narrowly oblong leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a top-shaped fruiting perianth with horizontal wings. Description ''Maireana appressa'' is an intricately branched, spreading or erect shrub or subshrub that typically grows to high and is covered with loose, woolly white hairs. Its branchlets are sometimes covered with woolly hairs and are often spiny. The leaves are arranged alternately, narrowly triangular or narrowly oblong, long, and covered with woolly hair. The flowers are bisexual, glabrous and arranged singly, the fruiting perianth is usually glabrous with a top-shaped tube long with a papery wing about in diameter. The fruit is a lens-shaped utricle with a radial slit. Taxonomy This species was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Ciliata
''Maireana ciliata'', commonly known as fissure weed or hairy bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a low-lying to erect perennial with woolly branches, narrowly oblong leaves, bisexual, densely hairy flowers arranged singly, and a hairy, lens-shaped, winged fruiting perianth. Description ''Maireana ciliata'' is a low-lying to erect or spreading perennial plant that typically grows to a height of up to high with a woody base and thin, woolly branches. Its leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, linear to narrowly oblong, about long and covered with silky hairs. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly or in leafy spikes, the fruiting perianth lens-shaped, about in diameter with 5 radial ridges, and covered with silky hairs. Flowering occurs from April to November. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name ''Kochia ciliata'' in a ''Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Brevifolia
''Maireana brevifolia'', commonly known as small-leaf bluebush, eastern cotton bush or short-leaf bluebush is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to Australia, and naturalised in other countries. It is a bushy, erect or rounded shrub or short-lived perennial plant with scattered, fleshy egg-shaped to spindle-shaped leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a thick and fleshy fruiting perianth with fan-shaped wings. Description ''Maireana brevifolia'' is a bushy, erect or rounded shrub or short-lived perennial plant that grows to a height of and has thin branches, sparsely covered with woolly hairs. Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base to slender spindle-shaped, long, fleshy and glabrous. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly and mostly glabrous. The fruiting perianth is glabrous, thin-walled and hemispherical, about in diameter with a faintly ten-ribbed tube and five papery, fan-shaped wings up to lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Coronata
''Maireana coronata'', commonly known as crown fissure-weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a low-lying to erect perennial plant with linear leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a hairy fruiting perianth resembling an inverted academic "mortar board" hat, with a narrow circular wing. Description ''Maireana coronata'' is a low-lying to erect perennial plant that grows to a height of up to and has a woody base. Its branches are covered with woolly hairs and the leaves are linear, long, and covered with shaggy or silky hairs pressed against the surface. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly in leafy spikes. The fruiting perianth is covered with silky hairs, with a flat base continuous with a circular wing about in diameter, and resembles an inverted academic "mortar board" hat. Taxonomy This species was first described in 1917 by John McConnell Black who gave it the name ''Kochia coronata'' in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Carnosa
''Maireana carnosa'', commonly known as cottony bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is an erect to spreading or prostrate perennial herb or subshrub with a woody base, fleshy narrowly to broadly oblong leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a crust-like, hemispherical fruiting perianth with a thin, horizontal wing. Description ''Maireana carnosa'' is an erect to spreading or prostrate perennial herb or subshrub that typically grows to a height of and has a woody base. Its leaves are narrowly to broadly oblong or broadly elliptic to lance-shaped, long, wide and usually covered with silky to woolly hairs. The flowers are bisexual and usually arranged singly in leafy spikes covered with woolly tufts. The fruiting perianth is sessile, covered with wool, the tube crust-like, hemispherical and in diameter with a circular wing about wide with a radial slit. Taxonomy This species was first forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Campanulata
''Maireana campanulata'', commonly known as bell-fruit bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to inland regions of Australia. It is a spreading or erect shrub or subshrub with linear to oblong leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a cup-shaped fruiting perianth with a thin, very narrow wing. Description ''Maireana campanulata'' is a spreading or erected grey shrub or subshrub that typically grows up to , with its branchlets covered with pale fawn-coloured, woolly hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, fleshy, linear to oblong, long, wide, usually bluish or glaucous and finally glabrous. The flowers are bisexual, the fruiting perianth glabrous, the tube cup-shaped, about high and wide with a thin, very narrow wing about in diameter with no radial slit. Taxonomy and naming ''Maireana campanulata'' was first formally described in 1975 by Paul Wilson in the journal ''Nuytsia'' from specimens collected west of the Santa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Cheelii
''Maireana cheelii'', commonly known as chariot wheels, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small, erect perennial with more or less terete leaves, bisexual flowers arranged singly or in pairs, and a stiff, cottony fruiting perianth with a wheel-shaped wing. Description ''Maireana cheelii'' is an erect perennial plant that typically grows to a height of up to . Its leaves are more or less terete, fleshy, glabrous and up to long. Its flowers are bisexual and arranged singly or in pairs, the fruiting perianth stiff, wheel-shaped and woolly on the upper surface, in diameter, with five wings up to long with a radial ridge visible on the tube. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1934 by Robert Henry Anderson who gave it the name ''Kochia cheelii'' in ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales'' from specimens collected by Ernest Officer in 1913. In 1975, Paul Wilson reassigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maireana Atkinsiana
''Maireana atkinsiana'', commonly known as bronze bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Chenopodiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a rigid, brittle, dioecious shrub with fleshy, narrowly to broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, pairs of male and female flowers, and a pink to red, thin-walled fruiting perianth. Description ''Maireana atkinsiana'' is a rigid, brittle, intricately branched, dioecious shrub that typically grows up to high, its branchlets covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are fleshy,narrowly to broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and covered with soft hair pressed against the surface. The flowers are arranged in pairs and covered with woolly hairs. The fruiting perianth is pink to red, thin-walled with a ten-ribbed, wikt:glabrous, glabrous tube and fan-shaped wing up to in diameter. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1904 by William Vincent Fitzgerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
