Flora of North America species comparison

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Atriplex leucophylla

Atriplex phyllostegia

beach saltbush, sea scale, whiteleaf orach

leafcover saltweed, Truckee orach
Habit Herbs, prostrate (decumbent or procumbent), many branched, 1.5–6 dm, somewhat woody below, coarse, white scurfy. Herbs monoecious (or entirely pistillate), erect, much-branched, rounded, bushy, 0.5–6 dm.
Stems

mostly ascending, terete.
Leaves

many, sometimes crowded;

blade orbiculate to ovate or ovate-lanceolate to elliptic or oblong, 8–40 × 4–18 mm, base obtuse or rounded, white scurfy.

petiole 0.3–2 cm;

blade 10–50 × 5–25 mm, base varying from shortly hastate to truncate or cuneate.
Staminate flowers

in dense terminal spikes.

in small to moderate, axillary glomerules near ends of branches, or in bracteate terminal spikes.
Pistillate flowers

in few-flowered, axillary clusters.

in axillary clusters.
Seeds

dark red-brown, 2.5–3 mm.

brown, 1.2 mm.
Fruiting

bracteoles not compressed, 5–7 mm, faces usually with wartlike projections, scurfy.

bracteoles lanceolate or oblong, 5–14(–20) mm, sharply lobed to tuberculate at base, also often sharply cristate below usually attenuate apical lobe;

tips widely recurved-spreading.

Atriplex leucophylla

Atriplex phyllostegia
Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat Sea beaches, along coasts, at higher elevation inland Valley bottoms, silty or clay, less commonly, sandy alluvium with greasewood
Elevation 0-30 m (0-100 ft) 1200-1500 m (3900-4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
NV
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Discussion

Atriplex leucophylla occurs with Potentilla, Camissonia, Ambrosia, Cakile, and Calystegia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 366. FNA vol. 4, p. 368.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex > subg. Obione > sect. Obione > subsect. Leucophyllae Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex > subg. Obione > sect. Phyllostegiae
Sibling taxa
A. acanthocarpa, A. amnicola, A. argentea, A. californica, A. canescens, A. confertifolia, A. cordulata, A. coronata, A. corrugata, A. coulteri, A. covillei, A. dioica, A. elegans, A. fruticulosa, A. gardneri, A. garrettii, A. glabriuscula, A. gmelinii, A. graciliflora, A. heterosperma, A. holocarpa, A. hortensis, A. hymenelytra, A. joaquiniana, A. klebergorum, A. laciniata, A. lentiformis, A. lindleyi, A. linearis, A. littoralis, A. matamorensis, A. mucronata, A. nudicaulis, A. nummularia, A. oblongifolia, A. obovata, A. pacifica, A. parishii, A. parryi, A. patula, A. pentandra, A. phyllostegia, A. pleiantha, A. polycarpa, A. powellii, A. prostrata, A. pusilla, A. rosea, A. saccaria, A. semibaccata, A. serenana, A. spinifera, A. suberecta, A. suckleyi, A. tatarica, A. torreyi, A. truncata, A. tularensis, A. watsonii, A. wolfii, A. wrightii
A. acanthocarpa, A. amnicola, A. argentea, A. californica, A. canescens, A. confertifolia, A. cordulata, A. coronata, A. corrugata, A. coulteri, A. covillei, A. dioica, A. elegans, A. fruticulosa, A. gardneri, A. garrettii, A. glabriuscula, A. gmelinii, A. graciliflora, A. heterosperma, A. holocarpa, A. hortensis, A. hymenelytra, A. joaquiniana, A. klebergorum, A. laciniata, A. lentiformis, A. leucophylla, A. lindleyi, A. linearis, A. littoralis, A. matamorensis, A. mucronata, A. nudicaulis, A. nummularia, A. oblongifolia, A. obovata, A. pacifica, A. parishii, A. parryi, A. patula, A. pentandra, A. pleiantha, A. polycarpa, A. powellii, A. prostrata, A. pusilla, A. rosea, A. saccaria, A. semibaccata, A. serenana, A. spinifera, A. suberecta, A. suckleyi, A. tatarica, A. torreyi, A. truncata, A. tularensis, A. watsonii, A. wolfii, A. wrightii
Synonyms Obione leucophylla Obione phyllostegia, A. draconis, A. phyllostegia var. draconis
Name authority (Moquin-Tandon) D. Dietrich: Syn. Pl. 5: 536. (1852) (Torrey ex S. Watson) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 108. (1874)
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