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Atriplex vesicaria Benth.
Bladder Saltbush

Reference
Fl.Austral. 5:172-173 (1870)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Predominantly dioecious, erect shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Sand, clay, skeletal soils, limestone. Coastal dunes, salt pans, salt lakes, sandy plains, limestone ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 September 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Kintore, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Nungarin, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Three Springs, Trayning, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.