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Monolepis pusilla

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Name

Identification
Monolepis pusilla Torr. ex S. Watson [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Micromonolepis pusilla (Torrey ex S. Watson) Ulbrich [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
Micromonolepis pusilla (Torrey ex S. Watson) Ulbrich [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed., 2, 16c: 500. 1934
Monolepis pusilla Torrey ex S. Watson [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 289. 1871
Treatment Author(s)
Noel H. Holmgren
Information
Plants rounded, slender, 0.4–1.4(–2) dm. Stems with several lateral, dichotomously branched, flowering branches; herbage often reddish, farinose when young, becoming glabrate. Leaves 2.5–8.5 × 0.2–2(–2.5) mm; proximal usually early deciduous. Perianth segments much-reduced, white-farinose. Utricles 0.6–0.8 mm; pericarp brownish.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
1000–1500(–2100) m;
Distribution
USA Calif.USA Colo.USA Nev.USA Oreg.USA UtahUSA Wash.USA Wyo.
Discussion
Micromonolepis pusilla is common in the western Great Basin of the United States.

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