Plants of
South Australia
Maireana oppositifolia
Amaranthaceae
Heathy Bluebush,
Salt Bluebush
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 3

Prior names

Kochia oppositifolia

Common names

Heathy Bluebush

Salt Bluebush

Etymology

'Maireana', after the 19th century French botanist, Adolphe Lemaire and oppositifolia from the Latin 'oppositus', meaning standing against or opposed and 'folium', meaning a leaf, referring to the leaves arranged opposite each other.

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: North Western, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)