Maireana villosa

Maireana villosa, commonly known as silky bluebush, or common bluebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to mainland Australia. It is an open, hairy, ascending subshrub or shrub with semi-succulent linear to oblong or narrowly lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, mostly bisexual flowers arranged singly or in pairs, and a fruiting perianth with a more or less horizontal wing with a radial slit.