Maireana stipitata
| Maireana stipitata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. stipitata
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| Binomial name | |
| Maireana stipitata | |
Maireana stipitata is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a widely branching shrub with white woolly branches, semi-terete leaves, flowers arranged singly and a somewhat compressed fruiting perianth with a wavy, papery wing.
Description
Maireana stipitata is a widely branching shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has branches covered with white, woolly hairs. Its leaves are arranged alternately, fleshy semiterete, 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long with a few woolly hairs. The flowers are dioecious or bisexual and arranged singly, the fruiting perianth is flattened, pale brown with a very short tube and top-shaped, produced at the base into a prominent, very thick-walled stalk 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long. The wing is simple, wavy and papery 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) in diameter.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Maireana stipitata was first formally described in 1975 by Paul G. Wilson in the journal Nuytsia.[2][4] The specific epithet (stipitata) means stipitate, (possessing a stalk).[5]
Distribution and habitat
This species of bluebush grows in sub-saline areas and is found in the Shark Bay region and in the Dampier Archipelago in the Carnarvon, Pilbara and Yalgoo bioregions in the west of Western Australia.[3]
References
- ^ "Maireana stipitata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. (1975). "A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae)". Nuytsia. 2 (1): 55. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. "Maireana stipitata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Maireana stipitata". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780958034180.