Flora of North America species comparison

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Micromonolepis pusilla

dwarf monolepis, red povertyweed, tiny povertyweed
Habit Plants rounded, slender, 0.4–1.4(–2) dm.
Stems

with several lateral, dichotomously branched, flowering branches;

herbage often reddish, farinose when young, becoming glabrate.
Leaves

2.5–8.5 × 0.2–2(–2.5) mm;

proximal usually early deciduous.
Perianth

segments much-reduced, white-farinose.
Utricles

0.6–0.8 mm;

pericarp brownish.

Micromonolepis pusilla
Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Alkaline flats
Elevation 1000-1500(-2100) m (3300-4900(-6900) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
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Discussion

Micromonolepis pusilla is common in the western Great Basin of the United States.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 302.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Micromonolepis
Synonyms Monolepis pusilla
Name authority (Torrey ex S. Watson) Ulbrich: in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 500. (1934)
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