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Taxonomy

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Synonym: Atriplex breweri. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: March 15, 2000.

Place of publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9:118. 1874

Name verified on 20-Jun-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Mar-2003

Physical Description

Genus Atriplex:

Herbs or shrubs, annual or perennial, monoecious or dioecious, often with bladderlike hairs that collapse to form silvery or scurfy (mealy) vesture, less often with elongate trichomes. Leaves persistent or tardily deciduous, alternate, partially opposite, or opposite, sessile or petiolate; blade entire, serrate, or lobed, with venation either of Kranz-type or normal dicotyledonous type, axillary buds inconspicuous or lacking. Inflorescences axillary or terminal; flowers borne in axillary clusters or glomerules, or in terminal spikes or spicate panicles. Staminate flowers with 3-5-parted calyx, ebracteate; stamens 3-5. Pistillate flowers lacking perianth, pistil naked, or in few species with (1-) 3-5-lobed perianth, commonly enclosed within pair of foliaceous bracteoles; stigmas 2. Fruiting bracteoles enlarged in fruit, of various shapes and variously connate or not, thickened, and appendaged; pericarp free, tightly enclosed in the fruiting bracteoles. Seeds flattened, mainly vertical; radicle inferior, lateral, or superior. x = 9.

Species ca. 250: worldwide, mainly in subarctic, temperate, and subtropical regions.

Many species of Atriplex are halophytic, others occupy soils low in dissolved particulates.

Prior to the 1900s, the genus Suckleya was treated within Atriplex, but its obcompressed fruiting bracteoles are quite unlike anything in Atriplex, and the plants were recognized as a distinct genus.^[1]

Habit: Deciduous.

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: gold, inconspicuous, none, red, yellow-orange

Distribution

Range and Population

North America

Native: .

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 36-48" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 9.0

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Atriplex:

There are approximately 1,039 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: A. acanthocarpa pringlei · A. acanthocarpa stewartii · A. acutibractea whyallensis · A. barclayana dilatata · A. barclayana lurida · A. barclayana magdalenae · A. barclayana sonorae · A. barclayana typica · A. canescens aptera · A. canescens garretti · A. canescens linearis · A. canescens macropoda · A. canescens typica · A. cinerea cinerea · A. cinerea eucinerea · A. cinerea globulosa · A. cinerea humilis · A. cinerea incrassata · A. cinerea rhagodioides · A. cordobensis grandibracteata · A. elegans fasciculata · A. elegans typica · A. farinosa keniensis · A. glauca ifniensis · A. griffithii stocksii · A. lentiformis griffithsii · A. lentiformis typica · A. lindleyi quadripartita · A. nitens aucheri · A. nummularia erosa · A. nummularia eu-nummularia · A. nuttalli buxifolia · A. nuttalli cuneata · A. nuttalli falcata · A. nuttalli gardneri · A. nuttalli tridentata · A. nuttallii typica · A. paludosa eu-paludosa · A. paludosa graciliflora · A. paludosa tridentata · A. patula alaskensis · A. patula glabriuscula · A. patula litoralis · A. patula littoralis · A. patula obtusa · A. patula typica · A. patula zosteraefolia · A. pentandra arenaria · A. pentandra confinis · A. pentandra muricata · A. pentandra typica · A. prostrata calotheca · A. prostrata deltoidea · A. prostrata polonica · A. rosea arenaria · A. rosea tarraconensis · A. tataricus tornabenii · A. velutinella levibracteata · A. velutinella tomentosa · A. velutinella velutinella · A. abata · A. abbreviata · A. acadiensis (Maritime Saltbush) · A. acanthocarpa (Armed Saltbush) · A. acanthocarpa acanthocarpa (Parish's Glasswort) · A. acanthocarpa coahuilensis · A. acanthocarpa subsp. coahuilensis · A. acanthocarpa subsp. pringlei · A. acanthocarpa subsp. stewartii · A. accaria · A. acuminata · A. acuminata f. integrifolia · A. acuminata f. orbicularis · A. acuminata f. parvibracteata · A. acuminata f. roseocarpa · A. acuminata f. subsimplex · A. acuminata f. unicolor · A. acutibractea · A. acutibractea acutibractea · A. acutibractea karoniensis · A. acutibractea subsp. acutibractea · A. acutibractea subsp. karoniensis · A. acutibractea subsp. whyallensis · A. acutibractea var. acutibracta · A. acutiloba · A. acutiloba var. acutiloba · A. acutiloba var. eu-acutiloba · A. acutiloba var. velutinelliformis · A. aerdleyae · A. agrestis · A. alaschanica · A. alaskensis (Alaska Orache) · A. alba · A. albicans · A. aldamae · A. alexandrina · A. almeriensis · A. altaica · A. amanus · A. amarantoides

Bibliography

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• Beatley, J. C. 1976. Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada. (F NevTestS)
• Brown, G. D. 1956. Taxonomy of American Atriplex. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 55: 199-210.
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• Hanson, C. A. 1962. Perennial Atriplex of Utah and the Northern Deserts. M.S. thesis. Brigham Young University.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 26, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 192255
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13899736
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1004336-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCHE04111
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ATBR
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 23606

Footnotes:

1. Stanley L. Welsh "Atriplex". in Flora of North America Vol. 4 Page 226, 260, 268, 293,. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.