Maireana decalvans, commonly known as black cottonbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a erect to spreading perennial plant with fleshy, terete to narrowly spindle-shaped leaves, glabrous, bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a hairy fruiting perianth with a hemispherical tube and a thin-walled wing.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Black cotton bush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Maireana
- Species
- Maireana decalvans
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