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Atriplex halimus

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Identification
Atriplex halimus L. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Atriplex halimus L. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal, Atriplex arenaria Nutt. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal,
Related name
  • Atriplex glauca
  • Atriplex halimus
  • Atriplex cf. coriaceus?
  • Atriplex arenaria

Flora

Entry for ATRIPLEX Halimus Linn. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 433, (1912) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
ATRIPLEX Halimus Linn. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 1492;—Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 100; Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xxiv. 144, t. 270.
ATRIPLEX capensis Moquin [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Chen. Enum. 63, and in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 100.
Chenopodium Halimus Thunb. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Prodr. 48, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 245.
Schizotheca Halimus Fourr. [family ], in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xvii. (1869) 143.
Information
an erect shrub; branches slightly angular, whitish pulverulent; leaves alternate, elliptic or sometimes almost deltoid, very obtuse, entire, about 1 in. long, 1/2 in. wide, densely silvery pulverulent on both surfaces; petiole 2 lin. long; bracts rhomboid, long acuminate, denticulate near the base, 2–3 lin. long in fruit; flowers in dense globose sessile clusters about 1 1/2 lin. in diam. arranged in terminal panicles; perianth 3/4 lin. in diam.; segments obovate, concave, densely farinose outside; filaments shortly connate at the base; bracteoles broadly ovate or rotundate, entire or more or less toothed, especially below, up to 6 lin. long and broad, reticulately veined; stigmas filiform, thrice as long as the ovary. null
Range
Also in Southern Europe and North Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Somerset East, Bowker, 211! Philipstown Div.; by the Orange River, near Petrusville, Burchell, 2671! Graaff Reinet Div.; near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 661! Cradock Div.; plains, Witmoss Station, 2400 ft., Galpin, 3078! and without precise locality, Cooper, 517! Hopetown Div.; Salt pans near Hopetown, Shaw!COAST REGION Laingsburg Div.; Matjesfontein, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 3343! and Herb. Austr.-Afr., 1943! Mossel Bay Div.; on dry hills by the Gouritz River, Burchell, 6428! Uitenhage Div.; Uitenhage, Zeyher! 616! 733! Zwanepoels Kraal near Enon, Baur, 1045! Bathurst Div.; by the Kowie River at Port Alfred, 10 ft., Galpin, 2967! King Williamstown Div.; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; Karroo, Witteberg Range, Rehmann, 2877!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thom, 207! 239! Drège!WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; J'us (T cOus?), 2800 ft., Schlechter, 11432! Van Rhynsdorp Div.; Attys, 300 ft., Schlechter, 8085!

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