Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis

Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis is subspecies of bladder saltbush endemic to Australia.

Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Atriplex
Species:	A. vesicaria
Subspecies:	A. v. subsp. variabilis
Trinomial name
Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis Parr-Sm.

Description

It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, with entire margins, ten to 15 millimetres long, and 4 to 6 millimetres wide.^[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first published by Geoffrey Parr-Smith in Paul G. Wilson's 1984 treatment of the genus for the Flora of Australia series.^[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

It grows in loam and clay, on coastal dunes and salt lakes;^[3] it has a fairly wide distribution, occurring in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.^[1]