Kochia thesioides C.A.Gardner Maireana thesioides (common name - Mulga blue-bush)[2] is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, native to Western Australia.

[1] It was first described as Kochia thesioides by Charles Austin Gardner in 1941 or 1942,[3][4] but was transferred to the genus, Maireana in 1975 by Paul Graham Wilson.

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