Roycea pycnophylloides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Roycea |
| Species: | R. pycnophylloides
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| Roycea pycnophylloides | |
Roycea pycnophylloides, commonly known as Saltmat, is a species of shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1] It has no synonyms.[4]
Description[edit]
Roycea pycnophylloides is a perennial, dioecious herb which forms silvery, densely branched, mats of up to 1 m in diameter. The branchlets are closely woolly and obscured by the alternate, imbricate, fleshy leaves which are about 2 mm long by 1 mm wide and silky when young. The male flowers are cup-shaped with thin, ovate tepals which are about 1 mm long and silky outside. The anthers are exserted, and the pistillode is pubescent. The female flowers are about 1 mm long, have no staminodes absent, and the stigmas are exserted and long (about 4 mm). The fruit is broadly ovoid (about. 2 mm high) and is surrounded at the base by a persistent perianth.[5]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
It is found near the Mortlock River near Meckering in southern Western Australia, growing on the saline sandy flats around the river.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Roycea pycnophylloides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Roycea pycnophylloides — Saltmat". Species Profile and Threats Database. Department of the Environment, Canberra. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Gardner, C.A. (1948). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 32: 78, t. II ( figs A-K).
- ^ "Roycea pycnophylloides C.A.Gardner | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ a b Wilson, P.G. (2020). "Roycea pycnophylloides". profiles.ala.org.au. Retrieved 22 March 2020.