Atriplex torreyi var. torreyi
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 378.
Revision as of 14:16, 27 July 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer
Plants mainly 8–20 dm, and as wide or wider; twigs stout or slender, striately angled, sometimes bluntly spiny. Petiole 2–4 mm. Pistillate flowers borne in panicles 5–20+ cm. Fruiting bracteoles orbiculate to subreniform, mainly 1.3–3.8 × 2–4.6 mm. Seeds 1–1.7 mm wide.
Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Mesquite, creosote bush, greasewood, rabbitbrush, shadscale, saltgrass, saltbush, and blackbrush communities, mainly in saline substrates
Elevation: 500-2000 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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