Eastern Flat-Top Saltbush

Scientific Name:	Atriplex lindleyi	Photograph courtesy of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)
Common Name:	Balboo
General Description:	Spreading erect mealy-grey annual shrub, to about 35 cm high. Leaves obovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2 – 3 cm long, 5 –15 mm wide, rather thick and soft, the margins with angular teeth. Flowers mostly in clusters in the leaf axils. Fruiting body fibrous and spongy, to 15 mm long and wide, globular or top-shaped, flattened at the summit, with two equal broad rounded wings which arise towards the base of the globular part and spread horizontally near its summit. Flowering most of the year, mostly spring and summer.
Occurrence:	Various; Clay or loam soils, often in depressions or low-lying areas