Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Sclerolaena tricuspis

Streaked Poverty-bush

Other Names:

Regional Subspecies:

Habit:

Rounded, hairless, perennial to 70cm high. Red coloured plant, with stems streaked red and yellow. Squat fruit with three slender spreading spines 6-12mm long (Sep-Feb).

Habitat & Site Selection:

Mainly in depressions in Black Bluebush and Bladder Saltbush communities with duplex and clay soils.

Values & Uses:

Populates degraded Bladder Saltbush communities, helping prevent further erosion. Somewhat useful in protecting seedlings of other plants. Species will start to recede as other species come back.