''Atriplex vesicaria'' subsp. ''variabilis'' is subspecies of

bladder saltbush ''Atriplex vesicaria'', commonly known as bladder saltbush, is a species of flowering plant of the family ''Amaranthaceae'' and is endemic to arid and semi-arid inland regions of Australia. It is an upright or sprawling shrub with scaly leaves a ...

endemic to

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Description

It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, with entire margins, ten to 15 millimetres long, and 4 to 6 millimetres wide.

Taxonomy

The species was first published by Geoffrey Parr-Smith in

Paul G. Wilson Paul Graham Wilson (born 1928) is an Australian botanist. He has been a most prolific contributor to the journal ''Nuytsia (journal), Nuytsia'', contributing to the first issue in 1970 and to the 12th volume in 1998, which was dedicated to him f ...

's 1984 treatment of the genus for the '' Flora of Australia'' series.

Distribution and habitat

It grows in loam and clay, on coastal dunes and salt lakes; it has a fairly wide distribution, occurring in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4817616 vesicaria subsp. variabilis Endemic flora of Australia Caryophyllales of Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of South Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Plant subspecies