Creeping Saltbush at Cooma, NSW
Identification history
| Atriplex semibaccata | 8 May 2026 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 30 Apr 2026 | mahargiani |
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User's notes
2 patches/plants at base of rocks. Resembles Atriplex semibaccata, but if so has different form from known plants in the area
3 comments
mahargiani
wrote:
1 May 2026
agree, but the E. nutans around here are more like a prostrate herb than a low growing shrub, hence saying similar to Atriplex. Most E, nutans around here have small red berries at the moment, none on these. Plus leaf resembles Einadia but less of a shield-shape.
mahargiani
wrote:
8 May 2026
see also sighting 4727745 at about the same location, appears to be Atriplex semibaccata rather than Einadia nutans
Location information
- Coordinates 149.116639-36.241364
- Altitude 822.0m
- Places Cooma, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 30 Apr 2026 10:00 AM Recorded on
- mahargiani Recorded by
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Collections
mahargiani NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Atriplex semibaccata Other Shrubs Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Atriplex semibaccata Scientific name
- Creeping Saltbush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 833m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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