Plants usually annual, usually monoecious. Leaves with Kranz anatomy. Staminate flowers with calyx lobes not crested. Pistillate flowers lacking or rarely with a perianth (in A. covillei), enclosed by a pair of bracteoles. Bracteoles cuneate to ovate or obovate, united at least to 1/2 of length, faces with tubercles or crests or smooth. Seeds: radicle lateral or superior.

Distribution

United States, Mexico.

Discussion

Species 28 (23 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Atriplex subsect. Arenariae, Atriplex subsect. Argenteae, Atriplex subsect. Californicae, Atriplex subsect. Graciliflorae, Atriplex subsect. Leucophyllae, Atriplex subsect. Pusillae, Atriplex subsect. Saccariae, Atriplex subsect. Truncatae, Atriplex subsect. Wolfianae