Atriplex truncata |
Atriplex argentea |
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truncate saltbrush, wedgescale orache |
silverscale |
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Habit | Herbs annual, monoecious, 1.5–5(9) dm, gray-farinose. | |
Stems | erect to ascending; much branched and spreading. |
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Leaves | alternate; lowermost sometimes opposite; blades triangular-ovate or rhombic to suborbicular, 1.2–3.2 × 1–2.7 cm, bases truncate, subtruncate, subhastate, or rounded; margins entire; tips rounded to truncate, gray-farinose on both surfaces, sessile or short-petiolate distally to 6 mm. |
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Inflorescences | axillary clusters of flowers arranged in short spikes; upper clusters staminate or sometimes mixed with pistillate flowers. |
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Staminate flowers | perianths 4–5-lobed. |
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Pistillate flowers | perianths absent, enclosed by 2 bracteoles. |
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Seeds | monomorphic, 1–1.5 mm, brown. |
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Fruiting bracteoles | fused to tips; shield-shaped, 2.4–3 mm; tips truncate with 3 shallow teeth; faces smooth or with 1–2 short tubercles, sessile to substipitate. |
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2n | =18. |
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Atriplex truncata |
Atriplex argentea |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Meadows, near lakes or streams. Flowering Jun–Aug. 300–1500 m. BR, BW, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north into British Columbia, northeast to Saskatchewan, east to WY, southeast to NM. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 72 Bridget Chipman |
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