Common name: Soap Bush
Family: Amaranthaceae
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Country of Origin: South Africa
Description: Shrublet to 0.5m, arrow-shaped grey leaves, flowers clustered at branch tips, succulent green fruits foam when rubbed.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9
Source: Silverhill Seeds
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Culture:
Prefers dry condtions.
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Amaranthaceae
- SubFamily: Chenopodioideae
- Tribe: Atripliceae
- SubTribe:
References:
- Descriptive text adaped from Silverhill Seeds online catalogue
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
- Manochlamys albicans at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
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