Maireana spongiocarpa

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Maireana spongiocarpa, commonly known as spongy-fruit bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Central Australia. It is a small shrub with thin woolly branches, well-spaced fleshy, narrowly terete or spindle-shaped leaves, bisexual flowers and a soft, easily crushed fruiting perianth with a broadly top-shaped, spongy, swollen tube with a horizontal wing.

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