Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves elliptic, ovate to obovate, blunt-tipped, more or less toothed, scurfy grey, 2-4 cm long. Leaf stalk 0.5-1 cm long. Male and female plants separate. Fruit bracteoles stalked, 5-10 mm long with the margins entire or wavy-toothed.

Arid to semi-arid Australia

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.