Beetroot Family

Chenopodiaceae in Australia

CARYOPHYLLIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 15 May 2010)

link to:-
Flowers in Australia

Atriplex nummularia Old-man Saltbush Flinders Ranges, July 2009	Beta cicia White Beet Wyee, November 2008	Beta cicla Swiss Chard Burwood, August 2006	Beta vulgaris Beetroot Burwood, November 2008
Chenopodium album Fathen Concord, January 2007	Chenopodium murale Sowbane Morwell Park, August 1990	Einadia nutans Climbing Saltbush Mungo Lakes, NSW Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Einadia trigonos Fishweed Concord, March 2008

Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush Mungo Lakes, NSW Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens

Kochia pyramidata Black Bluebush Mungo Lakes, NSW Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens,

Maireana astrotricha Low Bluebush Flinders Ranges, July 2009

Maireana erioclada Bluebush Mungo Lakes, NSW Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens,

Sarcocornia quinqueflora Beaded Glasswort Pink Lakes, VIC Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens,

Species in Chenopodiaceae are the favoured foodplant of some caterpillars of Australian butterflies and moths, including:

Theclinesthes serpentata

Theclinesthes sulpitius

Amata aperta

Agrotis porphyricollis

Spodoptera exigua

Hymenia perspectalis

Spoladea recurvalis

Endoxyla amphiplecta

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Australian butterflies

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