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Bassia eriophora a small uncommon hot-desert plant Bassia eriophora Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Bassia eriophora

a small uncommon hot-desert plant

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  1. So cool! I love the cottony bits. Posted 2 years ago

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Bassia eriophora is an annual plant of the Amaranthaceae family, formerly part of the Chenopodiaceae family.
Annual herb, erect to ascending, 5-25 (-40) cm, branching from base, stem and branches usually sublanate or sparsely covered with soft hairs, fleecy-villose in the axils of flowering region from the dense cottony ball-like growth from the perianth, Leaves small, flat, subsessile or very shortly petioled, linear-oblong to lanceolate-ovate or elliptic, ± fleshy, entire, 5-20 x 2-4 mm,.. more

Similar species: Pinks, Cactuses, And Allies
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Jul 22, 2023. Captured May 8, 2023 09:40.
  • E-M1MarkII
  • f/7.1
  • 1/800s
  • ISO200
  • 60mm