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Enchylaena Tomentosa
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Common Name:
RUBY SALTBUSH
PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:
- A sub-shrub (that is, a low-growing, semi-woody plant) with procumbent or ascending pubescent, trailing branches which may grow to 1 m long.
- A height of 1 m is occasionally attained, however, plants are often less than half this size and some forms are prostrate.
- Flowering mainly December to May.
WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:
- Grows in a wide range of soil types.
- Most often found in well drained sandy soils.
MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:
- The berries are edible and the plant provides useful sheep-feed in dry periods.
- It is an important food source for many bush birds and invertebrates including Parrots, honeyeaters, wattlebirds.
Image Source: Flower - Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Image Source: Plant - Fagg, M. via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)