Tecticornia tenuis (Benth.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson APNI*
Synonyms: Sclerostegia tenuis (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson APNI*
Pachycornia tenuis (Benth.) J.M.Black APNI*
Salicornia donaldsonii Ewart & Jean White APNI*
Description: Spreading perennial to c. 50 cm high.
Branches succulent, swollen, to c. 3–4 mm diam.; leaf lobes small, mostly entire.
Inflorescence c. 20 mm long, often intercalary. Flowers fused to one another and to the upper bract; central flower c. 4 mm long, c. as long as the lateral male flowers.
Seed 2.5–3 mm long, pale brown, embryo straight.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in a variety of habitats in the drier regions but commonly in the heavier saline soils, frequently with Atriplex vesicaria.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990) (as Sclerostegia tenuis)
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