Flora of North America species comparison

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Suckleya suckleyana

poison suckleya
Stems

usually purplish red, stout, 5–30 cm.
Leaves

petiole 0.5–4 cm;

blade 1–3 × 0.5–2 cm, slightly fleshy, margins with short, triangular, acute teeth, glabrate or sparsely scurfy abaxially when young.
Staminate flowers

subglobose or obovate;

perianth slightly compressed, segments distinct, 0.8–1 mm wide;

lateral 2 somewhat fleshy, apically cucullate;

dorsoventral 2 plane, membranous;

stamens 4;

filaments inserted on base of perianth segments;

anthers 0.2 mm.
Pistillate flowers

similar to staminate when immature, slightly compressed, ovoid, somewhat fleshy;

ovary ovoid, 0.5 mm;

stigmas usually exserted from perianth, 0.3 mm.
Seeds

3 mm.
Bracteoles

enlarged in fruit, winged, triangular-ovate or rhombic-ovate, 5–6 mm;

wings 6, longitudinal, narrow, margins crenate-denticulate.
Utricles

compressed.
2n

= 18.

Suckleya suckleyana
Phenology Flowering and fruiting Jul–Sep.
Habitat Dry lake bottoms, agricultural fields, valleys, along creeks and ditches
Elevation 100-2500 m (300-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; MT; NM; TX; WY; AB
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 306.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Suckleya
Synonyms Obione suckleyana, Atriplex suckleyana
Name authority (Torrey) Rydberg: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 133. (1900)
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