Prostrate to semi-erect shrub to c. 50 cm high. Spikes to 5 cm long, terminal on main branches or on ascending lateral branches; flowers free, curved at apex; lower perianth lobe relatively large; fruiting perianth falling at maturity. Flowers mainly Apr.–Sep.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW. Common in near-coastal salt-marshes, often occurring with Tecticornia halocnemoides, also occurring around inland salt lakes and pans where it is the commonest of the Tecticornia species.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Chenopodiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 129–199. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
