familyChenopodiaceae
genusAtriplex
subgenusAtriplex subg. Obione
sectionAtriplex sect. Obione
subsectionAtriplex subsect. Wolfianae
speciesAtriplex wolfii
varietyAtriplex wolfii var. wolfii
Atriplex wolfii var. wolfii
Common names: Wolf’s orach
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 355.
Stems erect, intricately branched, mostly 1–3.5 (–4.5) dm. Leaves: proximalmost blade linear to linear-lanceolate or linear-elliptic, mainly 5–25 × 1–4 mm, tapering to slender base, densely grayish scurfy. Staminate flowers mainly confined to distal axils. Fruiting bracteoles oblong-cuneate to obovate in profile, (1.8–) 2–2.3 × 1.1–1.5 mm, terminal tooth reduced to mere cusp between larger lateral ones.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Saline areas growing with shadscale, seepweed, Russian thistle, fine-textured substrates
Elevation: 2300 m
Discussion
While H. M. Hall and F. E. Clements (1923) understandably mixed the two varieties in the specimen citations, they were right in recognition of a rather remarkable difference in bract structure.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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united +
inconspicuous +
lacking +
sessile +
slippery +
concolorous +
1mm;3mm +
absent +
foliaceous +
united +
dimorphic +
absent +
terete +
3-5-parted +
Wolf’s orach +
Colo. +
coiled +
curved +
developing +
annular +
large +
storage +
common +
entire +
white +
staminate +
clustered +
small +
appendaged +
mature +
enlarged +
thickened +
bladderlike +
scurfy +
sessile +
alternate +
sessile +
connate +
attached +
campylotropous +
lacking +
imbricate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
accrescent +
fleshy +
(1-)3-5-lobed +
mottled +
free +
absent +
naked +
absent +
grayish +
tapering;linear;linear-lanceolate or linear-elliptic +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1874 +
erect +
superior +
fusiform +
thickened +
scurfy +
inflated +
erect +
flattened +
1mm;2mm +
Endemic +
cylindric +
absent +
branched +
stellate +
erect +
succulent +
lacking +
reduced;small +
fleshy +
prickly +
variable +
indistinct +
shiny +
verrucate +
Atriplex wolfii var. wolfii +
Atriplex wolfii +
variety +
spicate +
reduced +
adjacent +
elongate +
kranz-type +
dicotyledonous +
normal +
silvery +
scurfy +
oblong-cuneate;obovate +
annual +
delicate +
monoecious +
slender +