Australian Native Plants

   Atriplex vesicaria


Atriplex vesicaria photo
Atriplex vesicaria (cultivated, labelled) Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.




BLADDER SALTBUSH FACTS

Common Name
Bladder Saltbush

Description
The Bladder Saltbush is a dense shrub with greyish succulent oval leaves oval leaves 5mm - 25mm long. Small clusters of flowers are produced in at various tims throughout the year.

Height
0.5m - 1m

Spread
1m - 2m

Distribution
South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria., New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory,

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Atriplex
Species:vesicaria
Common Name:Bladder Saltbush


Relatives in same Genus
  Atriplex amnicola
  Atriplex cinerea