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Atriplex wolfii var. wolfii
Photo is of parent taxon

Wolf's orach
Stems

erect, intricately branched, mostly 1–3.5(–4.5) dm.
Leaves

proximalmost blade linear to linear-lanceolate or linear-elliptic, mainly 5–25 × 1–4 mm, tapering to slender base, densely grayish scurfy.
Staminate flowers

mainly confined to distal axils.
Fruiting

bracteoles oblong-cuneate to obovate in profile, (1.8–)2–2.3 × 1.1–1.5 mm, terminal tooth reduced to mere cusp between larger lateral ones.

Atriplex wolfii var. wolfii
Phenology Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat Saline areas growing with shadscale, seepweed, Russian thistle, fine-textured substrates
Elevation 2300 m (7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

While H. M. Hall and F. E. Clements (1923) understandably mixed the two varieties in the specimen citations, they were right in recognition of a rather remarkable difference in bract structure.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 355.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex > subg. Obione > sect. Obione > subsect. Wolfianae > Atriplex wolfii
Sibling taxa
A. wolfii var. tenuissima
Name authority unknown
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