Kochia excavata var.

trichoptera J.M.Black Kochia villosa var.

Maireana trichoptera is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, native to all mainland states and territories of Australia except Queensland.

[1] It was first described as Kochia excavata var.

trichoptera by John McConnell Black in 1923,[2][3] but was transferred to the genus, Maireana in 1975 by Paul Graham Wilson.