Atriplex intermedia R.H.Anderson APNI*
Description: Spreading annual to 30 cm high, monoecious.
Leaves obovate, to 4 cm long, apex obtuse, margins sinuate to toothed; petiolate.
Flowers in axillary clusters. Fruiting bracteoles with a thickened stipe-like base and a flattened fan-like apex, 6–10 mm long; appendages absent.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in the drier parts of the mainland.
NSW subdivisions: SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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