View source for Atriplex saccaria var. asterocarpa

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|accepted_name=Atriplex saccaria var. asterocarpa
|accepted_authority=(Stutz, G. L. Chu & S. C. Sanderson) S. L. Welsh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=102: 420. 2001
|year=2001
}}
|common_names=Starbract orach
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Atriplex asterocarpa
|authority=Stutz, G. L. Chu & S. C. Sanderson,
|rank=species
|publication_title=Madroño
|publication_place=41: 199, figs. 1, 2. 1994
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Atriplex;Atriplex subg. Obione;Atriplex sect. Obione;Atriplex subsect. Saccariae;Atriplex saccaria;Atriplex saccaria var. asterocarpa
|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. Obione]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Atriplex sect. Obione]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Atriplex subsect. Saccariae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Atriplex saccaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Atriplex saccaria var. asterocarpa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 348
|treatment_page=page 349
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 1.5–3 dm. <b>Stems</b> erect, branching from base to top, terete, scurfy above. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2–10 mm; blade oval to narrowly so, 6–15(–25) × 5–10(–15) mm, base truncate to rounded or rather abruptly cuneate, margin entire, apex acute to rounded. <b>Staminate</b> flowers in glomerules arranged in spikes 1–3 cm at branch apices. <b>Fruiting</b> bracteoles always (?) monomorphic, usually on stipes 2–6 mm, body 5–6 mm thick, globose, with thickened, hard, hornlike appendages.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Sep.
|habitat=Fine-textured, saline (frequently semibarren) substrates of the Chinle and Entrada formations, with Atriplex confertifolia, Phacelia crenulata, and Eriogonum inflatum
|elevation=1100-1400 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>This taxon is allied to both <i>Atriplex saccaria</i> and A. cornuta but distinguished mainly by the fruiting bracteoles profusely covered with hard, thickened processes. Evidently absent in specimens of <i></i>var.<i> asterocarpa</i> are the small, cuneate, truncate, smooth bracteoles typical of <i>A. saccaria</i>, but in some specimens the juvenile fruiting bracteoles suggest such a condition, which is noted both in <i></i>var.<i> saccaria</i> proper and in <i></i>var.<i> cornuta</i>. The overall aspect of <i></i>var.<i> asterocarpa</i> is, despite lacking this one feature, that of <i>A. saccaria</i>. This is apparently the basis of my earlier interpretation of A. caput-medusae within <i>A. saccaria</i>.</p>
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name=Atriplex saccaria var. asterocarpa
|authority=(Stutz, G. L. Chu & S. C. Sanderson) S. L. Welsh
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Atriplex asterocarpa
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Sep.
|habitat=Fine-textured, saline (frequently semibarren) substrates of the Chinle and Entrada formations, with Atriplex confertifolia, Phacelia crenulata, and Eriogonum inflatum
|elevation=1100-1400 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=2001
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_669.xml
|genus=Atriplex
|subgenus=Atriplex subg. Obione
|section=Atriplex sect. Obione
|subsection=Atriplex subsect. Saccariae
|species=Atriplex saccaria
|variety=Atriplex saccaria var. asterocarpa
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