https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/chenopodiaceae/atriplex/vesicaria/rss/chenopodiaceae/atriplex/vesicariaA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2026 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pnghttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/chenopodiaceae/atriplex/vesicaria/rss/chenopodiaceae/atriplex/vesicariahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/309+bladder-saltbushhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/309+bladder-saltbush<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/309+bladder-saltbush"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W309__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Taste the salt. Saltbush copes with salty soil by pumping the salt out onto its leaves. This one is a small shrub to about 1 metre high. Leaves 5-25mm long, 3-15mm wide, flat, oval shaped, whitish grey and scaly. Separate male and female plants. Seeds on the female plant are enclosed in a pair of rhomboid shaped bracts that have inflated "bladders " at the base.<br /> Family: Chenopodiaceae &nbsp; Genus: Atriplex &nbsp; Species: vesicaria &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Other<br />Member - John and ValWed, 21 May 2014 06:52:00 GMT