Atriplex griffithiiMoq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Atriplex persicaBoiss. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
Atriplex persica
Atriplex griffithii
Flora
Entry for ATRIPLEX griffithii Moq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis & M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Subshrub to 50 cm high; all parts mealy when young, later glabrescent. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite; petiole 1.2 mm long, leaf-blade 7–11 x 6–8 mm, base broadly cuneate (rarely some leaves with a ± hastate base) or subcordate (not usual in Flora area), tip rounded to emarginate, margin entire, lateral veins not visible. Inflorescence not clearly delimited from vegetative part, lower clusters of flowers in axils of leaf-like bracts. Flower clusters usually with many male flowers and a few female. Male perianth 5-merous, c. 1 mm in diam. Fruiting bracteoles on 0.5–1 mm pedicel, broadly ovoid, 4–6 x 4–6 mm, base cuneate, tip rounded, margin entire, often ± reflexed, veins usually obvious but sometimes central part conspicuously muricate or tuberculate, tubercles usually irregularly lobed and then veins obscured.