View source for Atriplex corrugata

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Atriplex corrugata
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=16: 345. 1891
|year=1891
}}
|common_names=Mat-saltbush;mat-atriplex;matscale
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Atriplex nuttallii var. corrugata
|authority=(S. Watson) A. Nelson
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Atriplex;Atriplex subg. Pterochiton;Atriplex corrugata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Atriplex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Atriplex subg. Pterochiton]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Atriplex corrugata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 375
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>dioecious (rarely monoecious), low spreading (often appearing as if prostrate), mainly 0.3–1.5 × 3–15 dm. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, sessile, opposite proximally, alternate distally; blade linear to linear-oblanceolate, or oblong, 3–18 × 2–6 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse. <b>Staminate</b> flowers yellow to brownish, in clusters 3–6 mm wide, borne in spikes 1–8 cm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers in leafy bracteate spikes 5–15 cm. <b>Fruiting</b> bracteoles sessile or subsessile, panduriform, 3–5 × 4–6 mm, united to beyond middle, margin entire or undulate, apex rounded to acute, densely tuberculate (or smooth). <b>Seeds</b> brown, 1.5 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Saline, usually fine-textured substrates derived from Mancos Shale, Tropic Shale, Morrison, Duchesne River, and other similar formations in mat-atriplex and Castle Valley saltbush communities
|elevation=1200-2200 m
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Mat-saltbush is known to form intermediates with both <i>Atriplex confertifolia</i> and <i>A. gardneri </i>var.<i> cuneata</i>. This saltbush is a valuable browse plant on the sparsely vegetated clays and silts of eastern Utah, especially on the Mancos Shale exposures, where it is often the only woody vegetation present.</p>
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name=Atriplex corrugata
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Atriplex nuttallii var. corrugata
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Saline, usually fine-textured substrates derived from Mancos Shale, Tropic Shale, Morrison, Duchesne River, and other similar formations in mat-atriplex and Castle Valley saltbush communities
|elevation=1200-2200 m
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1891
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_739.xml
|genus=Atriplex
|subgenus=Atriplex subg. Pterochiton
|species=Atriplex corrugata
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