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Atriplex parishii var. parishii
Photo is of parent taxon

Parishes' orach
Stems

erect or spreading to prostrate, 0.5–2 dm;

branches almost horizontal, fragile, white scurfy, appearing almost pubescent, becoming sparingly villous in inflorescence.
Leaves

numerous, opposite or alternate, distal ones imbricate, sessile;

blade gray to white, lanceolate to ovate, (2–)4–10 × 3–5 mm, rigid, base rounded, margin entire, densely scurfy.
Staminate flowers

mostly in distal axils pistillate in proximal axils.
Seeds

dark brown or almost black, 1.2 mm.
Fruiting

bracteoles deciduous, ovate or rhombic, slightly compressed, 2.5–3.5 mm and as broad, united 1/2 of length, often subhastately lobed, entire or with few teeth on each side, faces smooth or tuberculate.

Atriplex parishii var. parishii
Phenology Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Saline substrates
Elevation below 100 m (below 300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Atriplex parishii var. parishii differs further from var. depressa in the trichomes, which have been characterized as woolly, but individual trichomes are evident.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 357.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex > subg. Obione > sect. Obione > subsect. Pusillae > Atriplex parishii
Sibling taxa
A. parishii var. depressa, A. parishii var. minuscula, A. parishii var. persistens, A. parishii var. subtilis
Name authority unknown
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