Maireana trichoptera, the Mallee Bluebush, is a small hairy perennial with stunning green or white fruits edged with burgundy and pink. Seen fruiting in limey rocky soils at Warraweena in the Northern Flinders Ranges in July.
Maireana turbinata, the Top Bluebush fruiting in winter in the Northern Flinders Ranges.
Three-winged Bluebush (Maireana triptera) with red-orange fruit drying to black seed in Arkaroola, in July.
Various forbs in the Chenopodiaceae family including Maireana and its more prickly cousin Scleroleana, growing radiantly in the clay soaks of the Copley Retention Dam inlet.
The succulent Southern Bluebush, Maireana astrotricha, is one of the many Chenopods of the Flinders Ranges. Chenopods have small flowers without petals, which are wind pollinated, producing colourful winged fruit that may appear to be the flower of the plant. This Maireana grows on the edges of sandy dunes in the plains to the west of Wilpena Pound.
