Einadia nutans

Climbing Saltbush at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

Einadia nutans	3 Dec 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Atriplex semibaccata	22 Oct 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	8 Oct 2017	mtainslieweeders

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More close ups of fruit and leaves.

14 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 Oct 2017

No idea. Wat for it to flower.

Mike wrote:

9 Oct 2017

Can you rotate the main image 90 degrees so it matches real life?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

23 Oct 2017

If my ID is correct this species is local to the ACT occurring along the Murrumbidgee and Molonglo, but I'm only 50/50 with the suggestion.

BettyDonWood wrote:

23 Oct 2017

The leaves are possibly OK for Atriplex semibaccata, though I would like to see some measurements. Wait till it fruits. Semibaccata can have fleshy fruit, but in NSW they are usually dry.

mtainslieweeders wrote:

23 Oct 2017

How big does A. semibaccata get? This plant was good chest high. Does that fit?

BettyDonWood wrote:

23 Oct 2017

Vicflora says 40 cm high or prostrate. i have seen it about 2 m across. Here is a link with photos. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/b0c88d5d-ba8f-40b8-b5a4-e3a610171742

SilkeSma wrote:

25 Nov 2017

We have some fruit now. I must have missed the flowering.

BettyDonWood wrote:

26 Nov 2017

Not surprising. The flowers are tiny.

SilkeSma wrote:

26 Nov 2017

There are quite a few more plants lower down the road, on the downhill side.

SilkeSma wrote:

26 Nov 2017

Michael, are you sure about the ID? The shape of the fruit looks a bit wrong to me, also the fruit seems to sit on a whirl of red sepals (?). I'll go and take another photo if I'm there next.

JackieMiles wrote:

27 Nov 2017

This looks a lot like Einadia nutans to me. It doesn't usually get to be chest high, but it does lean against taller plants and achieve at least a couple of feet above the ground pretty regularly, so it is not out of the question that it would get to that height.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

27 Nov 2017

Thanks Silke will await further photo

SilkeSma wrote:

2 Dec 2017

Hi Michael, here are a few photos of the fruit close up.

JackieMiles wrote:

4 Dec 2017

Looking more and more like Einadia nutans.

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