Detail
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Rhagodia parabolica
Fragrant Saltbush
Notes

Uses: Hardy foliage plant, suitable for areas of low maintenance. Can be used as a background shrub in mixed plantings, or on wide roadside verges, road batters and wide median strips as a barrier, wind-break and soil control.
Requires very good drainage. Prune to promote bushy foliage.
Food source and habitat refuge for small birds, lizards and small mammals.
Note: Fire retardant plant as per SA Country Fire Service, contact for further information.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

:NW: North Western  
:NU: Nullarbor   
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 1.5-3m
  • Spread 2-5m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Chenopodiaceae
  • Botanical Name Rhagodia parabolica
  • Common Name Fragrant Saltbush
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, Qld, NT
  • Habit Dense, Spreading
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, Plains, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Fire, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Green
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
  • Flower Type Panicles
  • Purpose Wind protection, Screen, Ornamental, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region