familyChenopodiaceae
genusAtriplex
subgenusAtriplex subg. Obione
sectionAtriplex sect. Obione
subsectionAtriplex subsect. Arenariae
speciesAtriplex elegans
varietyAtriplex elegans var. fasciculata

Atriplex elegans var. fasciculata

(S. Watson) M. E. Jones

Contr. W. Bot. 12: 76. 1908.

Stanley L. Welsh
Common names: Mecca orach
Weedy
Basionym: Atriplex fasciculata S. Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 377. 1882
Synonyms: Atriplex elegans subsp. fasciculata (S. Watson) H. M. Hall & Clements Atriplex saltonensis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 365.

Stems 0.5–4.5 dm. Fruiting bracteoles sessile, samaralike, orbiculate, compressed, 3–4 mm, united to beyond middle, margin rather minutely and acutely toothed, teeth mainly 0.3– 0.5 mm. Seeds 1.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Alkaline flats, valley grasslands, deserts
Elevation: 70-1000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California)

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Appendage shape
cristate +
Author
Stanley L. Welsh +
Authority
- S. Watson M. E. Jones +
Axillary bud prominence
inconspicuous +
Axillary bud quantity
lacking +
Axillary cluster architecture
staminate +
Axillary cluster size
small +
Bark coating
slippery +
Bark odor
aromatic +
Base architecture
subsessile +, sessile +  and monomorphic +
Base architecture or shape
dentate +
Base position
middle +
Base shape
cuneate +  and attenuate +
Base width
broadest +
Basionyms
Atriplex fasciculata +
Blade architecture or shape
entire +
Blade atypical length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> - 3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> +
Blade atypical width
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> +
Blade length
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> +
Blade shape
elliptic +  and spatulate oblanceolate oblong or obovate +
Blade width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> +
Bract duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract quantity
1;5 +
Bracteole architecture
foliaceous +
Bracteole coloration
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
Bracteole fusion
united +
Bracteole growth form
dimorphic +
Bracteole length
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> - ? +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Bracteole quantity
1 +  and 5 +
Bracteole shape
cuneate +  and ovate or obovate +
Calyx lobe shape
not crested +
Calyx shape
3-5-parted +
Common name
Mecca orach +
Distribution
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Mexico - Baja California +
Elevation
70-1000 m +
Embryo architecture
coiled +
Embryo course
curved +
Embryo development
developing +
Embryo shape
annular +
Embryo size
large +
Endosperm function
storage +
Endosperm polyploidy
common +
Face architecture or pubescence or relief
with cristate appendages +  and smooth +
Face relief
tuberculate +  and smooth +
Flake coloration
white +
Flower architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement or growth form
clustered +
Flower quantity
rarely +  and lacking +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Fruit architecture
appendaged +
Fruit fusion
not +  and connate +
Fruit life cycle
mature +
Fruit size
enlarged +
Fruit size or width
thickened +
Glomerule arrangement
arranged +
Habitat
Alkaline flats, valley grasslands, deserts +
Hair shape
bladderlike +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Bee F. Gunn +
Inflorescence position
terminal +  and axillary +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +  and subsessile +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf duration
deciduous +  and persistent +
Leaf quantity
Many - ? +
Margin architecture
stipitate +, short +  and subsessile +
Margin architecture or shape
dentate +  and entire +
Margin coloration
green +
Margin fusion
united +
Margin pubescence
glabrate +  and scurfy +
Margin shape
toothed +
Margin some measurement
2mm;4mm +
Margin width
thin +
Middle architecture
samaralike +  and sessile +
Middle blade architecture or shape
dentate +  and entire +
Middle fusion
united +
Middle margin architecture or shape
dentate +  and entire +
Middle shape
compressed +  and orbiculate +
Middle some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> - 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary fusion
connate +
Ovary position
inferior +, half-inferior +  and superior +
Ovule architecture
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
Ovule fixation
attached +
Ovule orientation
campylotropous +
Ovule quantity
1 +  and single +
Perianth quantity
lacking +
Perianth segment arrangement
imbricate +
Perianth segment coloration
green +
Perianth segment duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Perianth segment presence
absent +
Perianth segment prominence
inconspicuous +
Perianth segment quantity
1 +  and 5 +
Perianth segment size
accrescent +
Perianth segment texture
fleshy +
Perianth shape
3-5-parted +
Pericarp architecture or coloration or relief
reticulate +
Pericarp architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Pericarp coloration
mottled +
Pericarp fusion
free +
Pericarp texture
papery +  and chartaceous +
Petal presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering spring–fall. +
Pistil architecture
naked +
Pistil atypical quantity
2 - 3 +
Pistil presence
absent +
Pistil quantity
2 +
Publication title
Contr. W. Bot. +
Publication year
1908 +
Radicle orientation
erect +
Radicle position
superior +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
bulbous +  and taprooted +
Root shape
fusiform +
Root size or width
thickened +
Root texture
fleshy +  and fibrous +
Salt gland architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Salt gland pubescence
scurfy +
Salt gland shape
inflated +
Seed-coat architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Seed-coat relief
verrucate +  and striate +
Seed coloration
brown +
Seed orientation
erect +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed shape
flattened +
Seed some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> - ? +
Seed width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> - 0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> +
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Special status
Weedy +
Species quantity
few +
Spike arrangement
paniculate +
Spike height or length or size
short +
Spike shape
cylindric +
Stamen presence
absent +
Stamen quantity
3 +  and 5 +
Stem architecture
branched +  and simple +
Stem architecture or shape
spiny +
Stem arrangement
opposite +  and alternate +
Stem arrangement or shape
stellate +
Stem coloration
whitish +  and stramineous +
Stem growth form
procumbent +
Stem orientation
erect +  and ascending +
Stem pubescence
scurfy +  and glabrate +
Stem shape
angled +
Stem size
stout +  and slender +
Stem texture
succulent +
Stigma quantity
2 +
Stipule architecture
sessile +  and petiolate +
Stipule quantity
lacking +
Stipule size
reduced;small +
Stipule texture
fleshy +
Structure orientation
horizontal +  and vertical +
Style quantity
1;3 +
Surface architecture
prickly +
Surface architecture or coloration or relief
reticulate +
Surface architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Surface morphology
variable +
Surface prominence
indistinct +
Surface reflectance
shiny +
Surface relief
verrucate +
Synonyms
Atriplex elegans subsp. fasciculata +  and Atriplex saltonensis +
Taxon family
Chenopodiaceae +
Taxon name
Atriplex elegans var. fasciculata +
Taxon parent
Atriplex elegans +
Taxon rank
variety +
Terminal panicle architecture
spicate +
Terminal tooth prominence
prominent +
Tip arrangement
adjacent +
Tooth some measurement
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> +
Trichome shape
elongate +
Type architecture
kranz-type +
Type reproduction
dicotyledonous +
Type variability
normal +
Vesture coloration
silvery +
Vesture pubescence
scurfy +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism duration
annual +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism orientation
decumbent-ascending;erect +
Whole organism reproduction
monoecious +
X chromosome quantity
9 +