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Obione suckleyana

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Name

Identification
Obione suckleyana Torr. ex A. Gray [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Suckleya suckleyana (Torrey) Rydberg [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
Suckleya suckleyana (Torrey) Rydberg [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Mem. New York Bot. Gard., 1: 133. 1900
Obione suckleyana Torrey [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep., 12(2): 47, plate 4. 1860
Atriplex suckleyana (Torrey) S. Watson [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Chu Gelin
Information
Stems usually purplish red, stout, 5–30 cm. Leaves: petiole 0.5–4 cm; blade 1–3 × 0.5–2 cm, slightly fleshy, margins with short, triangular, acute teeth, glabrate or sparsely scurfy abaxially when young. Staminate flowers subglobose or obovate; perianth slightly compressed, segments distinct, 0.8–1 mm wide; lateral 2 somewhat fleshy, apically cucullate; dorsoventral 2 plane, membranous; stamens 4; filaments inserted on base of perianth segments; anthers 0.2 mm. Pistillate flowers similar to staminate when immature, slightly compressed, ovoid, somewhat fleshy; ovary ovoid, 0.5 mm; stigmas usually exserted from perianth, 0.3 mm. Bracteoles enlarged in fruit, winged, triangular-ovate or rhombic-ovate, 5–6 mm; wings 6, longitudinal, narrow, margins crenate-denticulate. Utricles compressed. Seeds 3 mm. 2n = 18.
Phenology
jul-aug (summer), sep (fall)
Altitude range
100–2500 m;
Distribution
USA Colo.USA Mont.USA N.Mex.USA Tex.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.

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