Atriplex vesicaria


Atriplex vesicaria, commonly known as bladder saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Australia.

Description

It grows as an erect or sprawling shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, five to 25 millimetres long, and 3 to 15 millimetres wide.

Taxonomy

The species was first published by George Bentham in 1870, based on a name selected by. The species' only synonym is Pachypharynx neglecta, published by in 1938.
It is a highly variable species. The Flora of Australia treatment of this species recognises eight subspecies:
It occurs in arid and semi-arid areas across southern Australia, growing in coastal dunes, salt pans, salt lakes, sandy plains and limestone ridges.