Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis
# Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis

Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis is subspecies of bladder saltbush endemic to Australia.

## Description

It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, with entire margins, ten to 15 millimetres long, and 4 to 6 millimetres wide.

## Taxonomy

The species was first published by Geoffrey Parr-Smith in Paul G. Wilson's 1984 treatment of the genus for the Flora of Australia series.

## Distribution and habitat

It grows in loam and clay, on coastal dunes and salt lakes; it has a fairly wide distribution, occurring in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

