Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Sclerolaena bicornis
Goathead Burr
Other Names:
Regional Subspecies:
S. b. bicornis
S. b. horrida
Habit:
Erect to spreading perennial shrub to 60cm high. Branches white-woolly and leaves linear. Fruit woody 7-8mm diameter with spines 10-15mm long (Year Round).
Habitat & Site Selection:
Variable vegetation communities on river flats and alluvial plains.
Seed Collection & Propagation:
All year.
Values & Uses:
Useful in colonising bare scalded areas. Sheep will eat leaves when other fodder is low. In higher rainfall areas can be weedy. In low rainfall areas indicates pasture degeneration.