Ruby saltbush

Family: Amaranthaceae
Scientific name: Enchylaena tomentosa
Description: Plant Form: Low-growing shrub. Size: Up to 1 m tall, usually shorter. Stem: Often prostrate, becoming semi-woody with age. Leaves: Cylindrical, often tapering at both ends, fleshy, covered in white hairs. Flowers: Small, inconspicuous, white. Fruit and Seeds: Berry-like fleshy greenish-yellow ripening to bright red. Habitat: This hardy native species inhabits arid and semi-arid areas on a variety of ecosystems and soils but particularly dry, flat areas with salty soils. Impacts: Note - this is a native species. Weed Status: Non-weedy native lookalike Weed Type: Lifeform: Herbaceous

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