Maireana amoena is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, brittle shrub with fleshy, spherical, oval or terete leaves, pairs of male and female flowers, and a hemispherical utricle with a short tube and horizontal wings.
Maireana amoena is a small, brittle shrub that typically grows to 10–40cm (3.9–15.7in) high, its young branchlets covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are succulent, spherical, oval or terete, 5–15mm (0.20–0.59in) long and glabrous or covered with silky hairs. The flowers are white and arranged in pairs of male and female flowers, densely covered with short hairs. The fruiting perianth is mostly glabrous with a short tube with a horizontal, fan-shaped wing 1.5–3mm (0.059–0.118in) long.[2][3]
This species of Maireana is widespread in Western Australia where it usually grows on sandy rises near salt lakes from near Carnarvon to near Norseman.[2][8]
1 2 Wilson, Paul G. "Maireana amoena". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
↑ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rded.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p.131. ISBN9780958034180.
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