Dense perennial shrub. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, silvery. Male and female flowers usually on separate plants, males sometimes purplish at first.

Australia (all states)

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Chenopodiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.