Kochia californica
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 17: 378. 1882.
Synonyms: Bassia californica (S. Watson) A. J. Scott Kochia americana var. californica (S. Watson) M. E. Jones
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Plants brownish, brownish green, or grayish green, 10–60 cm, densely tomentose. Stems erect (rarely ascending), branched throughout; branches arcuate, ascending or spreading. Leaves usually remote, not overlapping, sessile; blade narrowly ovate, lanceolate, or oblong-linear, flattened, 3–20 × 1.5–3.5 mm, sericeous. Inflorescences spicate, or primary axis paniculately branched; 1–4(–5)-flowered in axils of bracts. Perianth segments densely tomentose or almost glabrate.
Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Alkaline soils, deserts, semideserts, eroded mountain slopes, other marginal habitats
Elevation: 0-1500 m
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