Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Sclerolaena brachyptera
Short-winged Copperburr
Other Names:
Regional Subspecies:
Habitat & Site Selection:
Variable and common in Bladder Saltbush communities on clay soils.
Habit:
Short, ascending, hairy and short-lived perennial. Is twice as wide as high and has crowded linear leaves. Fruit has a regular 5-angled wing at the top (Sep-Dec).
Seed Collection & Propagation:
Propogate from seed.
Values & Uses:
Useful as a coloniser of bare scalds and clay pans. Plants woolly habit traps seed and soil and helps with soil erosion.