Atriplex velutinella F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Short-lived perennial shrub to c. 75 cm high, monoecious.
Leaves broad-elliptic to ovate, to c. 40 mm long, margins sinuate; sessile or subsessile.
Inflorescences spike-like or reduced to axillary clusters. Fruiting bracteoles triangular, 8–15 mm long; appendages usually absent, occasionally small tooth-like appendages near the base.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on sandy or saline areas in many western vegetation types.
NSW subdivisions: NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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