Atriplex wolfii

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 112. 1874.

Common names: Slender orach
Endemic
Synonyms: Obione wolfii (S. Watson) Ulbrich
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 355. Mentioned on page 328, 329.
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Herbs, slender, delicate. Stems simple or more commonly branched throughout, mainly 0.7–3.5 dm, branches terete; herbage scurfy. Leaves: blade concolorous, linear to narrowly lanceolate, mainly 4–25 × 1–3 mm. Flowers very small, both sexes in the same sessile, axillary clusters. Staminate flowers: sepals 5. Fruiting bracteoles sessile, ovate to cuneate in outline, 1.5–2.7 × 1.1–2.1 mm, apex truncate to attenuate, faces smooth or tuberculate. Seeds brown, 1–2 mm.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Fruiting bracteoles with lateral distalmost lobes much larger and broader than median one; sc Colorado Atriplex wolfii var. wolfii
1 Fruiting bracteoles with distalmost lobe typically but not always larger and broader than any lateral lobes, comprising much of bract length; nw Colorado, sw Wyoming, and c to ne Utah. Atriplex wolfii var. tenuissima

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subsessile +, sessile +  and monomorphic +
truncate +  and attenuate +
Stanley L. Welsh +
S. Watson +
slippery +
aromatic +
Wolfianae +
concolorous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +
cuneate +  and ovate or obovate +
not crested +
3-5-parted +
Slender orach +
Colo. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
tuberculate +  and smooth +
rarely +  and lacking +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and connate +
enlarged +
bladderlike +
terminal +  and axillary +
deciduous +  and persistent +
not winged +  and winged +
entire +  and serrate +
lobed +  and serrate-dentate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
ovate +  and cuneate +
0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
inferior +, half-inferior +  and superior +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
1 +  and single +
persistent +  and deciduous +
(1-)3-5-lobed +
papery +  and chartaceous +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
verrucate +  and striate +
flattened +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
cylindric +
3 +  and 5 +
branched +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
succulent +
sessile +  and petiolate +
reduced;small +
horizontal +  and vertical +
verrucate +
Obione wolfii +
Atriplex wolfii +
Atriplex subsect. Wolfianae +
species +
dicotyledonous +