Scientific Name

Atriplex semibaccata

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Description

This perennial prostrate shrub is low creeping, and grows up to 50 cm tall and 1.8 m wide.

Its leaves are opposite, flat and oblong - sometimes ovate - and around 10-20 mm long. They are smooth on top, scaly underneath and grey/green.

New leaves are quite succulent.

Separate male and female flowers grow on the one plant. It flowers most of the year.

The fruits are cube/diamond-shaped berries, 2-5 mm long and wide.

Distribution

Creeping saltbush grows along the eastern coast of south-east Queensland, north to Cardwell, north Queensland.

Flowering Period

Distribution

Features