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Atriplex sect. Semibaccata

Australian saltbush, berry saltbush, creeping saltbush
Habit Plants annual or short-lived perennial, erect to procumbent or diffuse.
Leaves

with Kranz-type anatomy.
Pistillate flowers

lacking perianth, enclosed by a pair of bracteoles.
Seeds

ascending or erect;

radicle lateral.
Bracteoles

distinct or united, thin or variously thickened, but not spongy, appendages tuberculate, foliaceous, inflated, spinose, or lacking, not spongy.

Atriplex sect. Semibaccata
Distribution
Introduced in United States and elsewhere; Australia
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Discussion

Species ca. 36 species (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 342.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex > subg. Atriplex
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms A. unranked Semibaccatae
Name authority (Standley) Ulbrich: in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 515. (1934)
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