Three-wing Bluebush
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
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Ceduna
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Hawker
Innamincka
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Marree
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Oodnadatta
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Wudinna
Keith
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| Olary Spur (FLB03) | Flinders Lofty Block | Data Deficient |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) [edge of range, grazed] |
| South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern [prefers red, stony soils] |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [Bob C - keep record, widespread spp] |
| Braemer (MDD07) | | Data Deficient |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Least Concern [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Least Concern [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Roxby (GAW07) | | Least Concern |
| Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Least Concern |
| Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Kintore (GVD04) | | Near Threatened |
| Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Near Threatened |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Near Threatened [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Least Concern [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Yalata (NUL03) | | Least Concern [increases in mallee after fire] |
| Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Data Deficient |
| Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
| Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Least Concern |
| Macumba (STP05) | | Near Threatened |
| Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern |
| Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern |
| Lake Pure (CHC07) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Near Threatened |
| 3 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare , Data Deficient |
| 3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare , Data Deficient |
| 6 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern |
| 4 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Data Deficient |
| 5 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| Lake Pure (CHC07) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Near Threatened |
Prior names
Kochia triptera
Common names
Three-wing Bluebush
Etymology
'Maireana', after the 19th century French botanist, Adolphe Lemaire and 'triptera', three-winged.
Distribution and status
Found in mallee areas growing in heavy slightly saline soil.
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Compact bluish-green shrub to 50 cm high; glabrous except for pubescence in the leaf axils. Leaves alternate, dense, slender and sub-terete, to 10 mm long. Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowering May-September. Fruits are fruiting perianth glabrous, drying to dark brown or black, with a turbinate tube and usually 5 vertical wings, running the length of the tube, alternate to the perianth segments and fusing with the horizontal wing; horizontal wing 8 mm wide, without a radial slit. Seeds are seeds are brown and disc-shaped, up to 1.5 mm diameter with overlapping embryo tip forming a small beak. Seed embryo type is peripheral
Seed collection and propagation
Collect seeds when fruits are brown and papery. Check inside several fruits for the presence of well developed seed before making a collection. Strip or shake fruiting branches into a container. Remove twigs and other plant material.
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