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Atriplex phyllostegia

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Atriplex phyllostegia (Torr. ex S. Watson) S. Watson [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Atriplex draconis M.E. Jones [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Atriplex phyllostegia (Torr. ex S. Watson) S. Watson [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Atriplex draconis M.E. Jones [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Obione phyllostegia
  • Atriplex phyllostegia
  • Atriplex draconis
Common name
  • Truckee orach, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Atriplex phyllostegia (Torrey ex S. Watson) S. Watson [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 phyllostegia (Torrey ex S. Watson) S. Watson [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, 9: 108. 1874
Obione phyllostegia Torrey ex S. Watson [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 291. 1871
Atriplex draconis M. E. Jones [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Atriplex phyllostegia var. draconis (M. E. Jones) Fosberg [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Stanley L. Welsh
Information
Herbs monoecious (or entirely pistillate), erect, much-branched, rounded, bushy, 0.5–6 dm. Stems mostly ascending, terete. Leaves: petiole 0.3–2 cm; blade 10–50 × 5–25 mm, base varying from shortly hastate to truncate or cuneate. Staminate flowers in small to moderate, axillary glomerules near ends of branches, or in bracteate terminal spikes. Pistillate flowers in axillary clusters. Fruiting bracteoles lanceolate or oblong, 5–14(–20) mm, sharply lobed to tuberculate at base, also often sharply cristate below usually attenuate apical lobe; tips widely recurved-spreading. Seeds brown, 1.2 mm.
Phenology
apr-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
1200–1500 m;
Distribution
USA Nev.

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