''Maireana glomerifolia'', the ball-leaf bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

, native to

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. It is typically found in dry, saline areas.

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glomerifolia Endemic flora of Australia Endemic flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1975 {{Amaranthaceae-stub