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Atriplex canescens var. canescens
Photo is of parent taxon

four-wing saltbush, hoary saltbush, shadscale
Habit Plants mainly 8–20 dm, not especially armed, not or seldom layering.
Pistillate flowers

borne in panicles 5–40 cm.
Fruiting

bracteoles with stipes 1–8, body with 4 prominent, dentate to entire wings extending length of bract, united throughout, mainly 8–12 mm wide and about as long, apex toothed, surface of wings and body smooth or reticulate.
2n

= 36+.

Atriplex canescens var. canescens
Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Sandy or gravelly, commonly non-saline but in other situations obviously saline, sites in Joshua tree, blackbrush, greasewood, salt desert shrub, sagebrush, mountain brush, and pinyon-juniper communities
Elevation 100-2400 m (300-7900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; KS; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; OR; SD; TX; UT; WA; WY; AB; Mexico
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Discussion

Narrow-leaved material from west Texas formed the basis of Atriplex canescens var. angustifolia. The nature of such narrow-leaved phases requires additional research. Probably the Texas plants having narrow leaves originated quite separately of other narrow-leaved phases.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 379.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex > subg. Pterochiton > Atriplex canescens
Sibling taxa
A. canescens var. gigantea, A. canescens var. laciniata, A. canescens var. macilenta
Synonyms A. canescens var. angustifolia, A. canescens var. occidentalis
Name authority unknown
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