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Atriplex obovata

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Atriplex sabulosa M.E.Jones [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Atriplex obovata Moq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Obione canescens
  • Atriplex sabulosa
  • Atriplex greggii
  • Atriplex obovata
Common name
  • broa dscale, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • New Mexico saltbush, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Atriplex obovata Moquin-Tandon [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Atriplex obovata Moquin-Tandon [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Chenop. Monogr. Enum., 61. 1840
Atriplex greggii S. Watson [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Atriplex jonesii Standley [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Atriplex obovata var. tuberata J. F. Macbride [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Stanley L. Welsh
Information
Subshrubs, dioecious, clump forming, mainly 2–8 dm and as wide, woody at base. Stems stiffly erect; branchlets terete. Leaves tardily deciduous, alternate or proximal-most subopposite, shortly petiolate; blade gray green, oblong-ovate to elliptic or orbiculate, 8–30(–35) × 6–20 mm, margin entire or rarely dentate, apex rounded to retuse or obtuse. Staminate flowers yellow, in clusters 2–3 mm wide, borne in panicles 6–30 cm. Pistillate flowers in small, very numerous glomerules in axils of elongated, terminal leafy-bracteate spikes or finally paniculate. Fruiting bracteoles sessile or substipitate, 4–5 × 5–9 mm, base broadly cuneate, margin sharply toothed, apical tooth subtended by 2–6 equal or smaller teeth, faces smooth or rarely tuberculate. Seeds brown, 2.4–2.8 mm.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
1500–2000 m;
Distribution
Mexico.USA Ariz.USA Colo.USA N.Mex.USA Tex.USA Utah

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