familyChenopodiaceae
genusAtriplex
subgenusAtriplex subg. Obione
sectionAtriplex sect. Obione
subsectionAtriplex subsect. Leucophyllae
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Atriplex subsect. Leucophyllae
Rhodora 102: 424. 2001.
Basionym: Leucophyllae Standley in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 58. 1916
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 365.
Revision as of 08:37, 30 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Plants perennial, erect or prostrate. Leaves alternate, sessile; blade typically widest at or near middle, margin entire. Staminate flowers in axillary glomerules or glomerules in short spikes. Fruiting bracteoles monomorphic, sessile, broadly ovate and spongy-thickened, almost completely united, margin entire or dentate, faces tuberculate. Seeds: radicle superior.
Distribution
Calif., nw Mexico
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"widest" is not a number."/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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inconspicuous +
lacking +
slippery +
entire +
absent +
1;5 +
foliaceous +
united +
dimorphic +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
not crested +
3-5-parted +
coiled +
curved +
developing +
annular +
large +
storage +
common +
tuberculate +
white +
staminate +
clustered +
appendaged +
mature +
enlarged +
thickened +
bladderlike +
sessile +
alternate +
connate +
attached +
campylotropous +
lacking +
imbricate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
accrescent +
fleshy +
(1-)3-5-lobed +
mottled +
free +
absent +
naked +
absent +
Rhodora +
2001 +
erect +
superior +
fusiform +
thickened +
scurfy +
inflated +
erect +
flattened +
cylindric +
absent +
jointed +
stellate +
silvery +
succulent +
lacking +
reduced;small +
fleshy +
1;3 +
prickly +
variable +
indistinct +
shiny +
verrucate +
Atriplex subsect. Leucophyllae +
Atriplex sect. Obione +
subsection +
spicate +
adjacent +
elongate +
kranz-type +
dicotyledonous +
normal +
silvery +
scurfy +
united +
ovate +
spongy-thickened +
perennial +
prostrate;erect +
monoecious +