Atriplex acutiloba - profile

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Scientific name: Atriplex acutiloba

Conservation status in NSW: Extinct

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Profile last updated: 07 Sep 2017

Description

Atriplex acutiloba grows to 50 cm in height. The leaves are elliptical, edges are toothed and grow to 5 cm long. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters.

Distribution

Only limited collections in far western NSW, west of Broken Hill, other collections in South Australia.

Habitat and ecology

Found in arid areas in western NSW and South Australia.

Recovery strategies

A Saving Our Species conservation project is currently being developed for this species and will be available soon. For information on how you can contribute to this species' recovery, see the Activities to assist this species section below.

Activities to assist this species

The species is presumed extinct. No conservation management actions are currently identified for NSW.

Information sources

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. and Leigh, J.H. (1992) Plants of Western New South Wales. (Inkata Press, Sydney)
Jacobs, S.W.L. (2000) Atriplex. Pp. 208-16 in Harden, G.J. (ed.) Flora of New South Wales. Volume 1. Revised Edition. (New South Wales University Press, Sydney)

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