Plants of Western New South Wales

abundant annual forb areas basal base Benth bimble box bladder saltbush borne singly box communities bracts branches Brassicaceae broad Broken Hill calyx capsule central-eastern Chenopodiaceae clay soils clusters cm high cm long Cobar Condobolin cylindrical cypress pine dense diameter DISTRIBUTION downy erect Everist Fabaceae flat flattened floret Flowerhead Flowering late Flowering mainly Flowering spring forage forb Fruiting body fruitlets globular grazed by stock green grey HABITAT hairless hairs hairy lanceolate leaf axils leaflets Leaves alternate linear loam lobes mallee mallee communities margins mm long Muell mulga nodes NOTES oblong occurs outer husks ovate palatable panicle pastures perennial forb perennial grass petals Poaceae racemes rarely recorded rhizomes river red gum roughened saltbush sandplains sandy soils seeds sepals sheep short stalks shrub slender slightly smooth species Spikelets spikes spreading stalkless stems subshrub summer tapering throughout the region toothed tree tufted upper usually wattle weed white cypress pine winter-spring