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Chenopodium nutans subsp. nutans

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Common names

climbing saltbush

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Amaranthaceae

Authority

Chenopodium nutans (R.Br.) S.Fuentes et Borsch subsp. nutans

Synonyms

Einadia nutans

Ecology

Year naturalised

1959

Origin

Temperate and subtropical Australia

Other information

Etymology

chenopodium: From the Greek chen ‘goose’ and pous ‘foot’, referring to the shape of the leaves

nutans: Drooping