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Ruby Saltbush - a native (Enchylaena tomentosa)
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Family: Chenopodiaceae (Saltbush family).
Native of Australia.
Occurrence: A grassland plant of the northern plains.
Identification:
- the leaves are sausage-shaped and succulent
- it may be a prostrate or a hemispherical shrub
- the green fruit turn red when ripe, and dry black
- the fruit are about 5 mm wide.
Ruby Saltbush makes an attractive garden plant, and can be used as a ground cover.
The fleshy, almost circular-section leaves, the semi-prostrate habit, and the red fruit are distinctive feature, and separates it from other saltbushes.
Name. Enchylaena meaning fleshy or succulent cloak; tomentosa: densely covered with short matted hairs.
