Atriplex confertifolia |
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sheepfat, spiny saltbush |
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Habit | Shrubs dioecious, 3–10(20) dm, densely gray-farinose, stems becoming glabrate and yellow-brown. |
Stems | erect; woody, branched throughout, forming a spherical bush, becoming distinct spines. |
Leaves | alternate; blades obovate to suborbicular or elliptic, 0.8–2.5 cm, bases cuneate to truncate; margins entire; tips obtuse to rounded, sometimes mucronate; petioles 1–4 mm. |
Inflorescences | axillary and terminal clusters of flowers in spikes or short panicles to 10 × 2–4 mm. |
Staminate flowers | yellow to silvery. |
Pistillate flowers | perianths absent, enclosed by 2 fruiting bracteoles. |
Seeds | 1.5–2 mm; reddish brown. |
Fruiting bracteoles | 5–11(13) mm; margins entire to few-toothed; faces smooth; wings absent. |
2n | =18, 36, 54. |
Atriplex confertifolia |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Dry slopes, desert, sagebrush communities. Flowering Apr–Jun. 500–1500 m. BR, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV; northeast to ND, east to WY, southeast to TX. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 68 Bridget Chipman |
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