Maireana scleroptera is native to the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia.
A prostrate to erect perennial, with a woody base, that can grow to about 30 cm high. The branches are slender and woolly in appearance, with leaves alternate, narrow-oblong to narrow-obovate. The leaf is 5-20 mm long and are silky to almost glabrous. The flowers are paired and densely woolly in appearance.
The genus Maireana is a group of around 57 species of perennial shrubs and herbs in the family Amaranthaceae that are endemic to Australia. The species were formerly classified within the genus Kochia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- Family: Amaranthaceae
- Subfamily: Camphorosmoideae
- Tribe: Camphorosmeae
- Genus: Maireana
- Species: M scleroptera
- Binomial name: Maireana scleroptera