Shrubby Twin-Leaf

Scientific Name:

Zygophyllum aurantiacum

Plant of Shrubby Twin-leaf
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Plant Description:

Perennial subshrub or small shrub with slender, often scrambling stems. Leaves divided into two linear to terete (circular to squarish in cross-section) leaflets of 2-15 mm long.

Flowers are golden-yellow to orange-yellow and of 4 petals, 7-12 mm long. Fruit is a 4-winged capsule, containing 1 seed in each cell.

Habitat:

Scattered on sandy and stony soils, often near salt lakes and clay pans in the Mallee.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Mallee	S0, S1, S2	W0, W1

Comments:

Similar to Coast Twin-leaf (Zygophyllum billardierei) which differs in its flattened leaflets and non-scrambling habit.

Leaves of Shrubby Twin-leaf
Photo: A J Brown

Mature fruit of Shrubby Twin-leaf
Photo: A J Brown

Young fruit of Shrubby Twin-leaf
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves of Shrubby Twin-leaf
Photo: A J Brown

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