familyChenopodiaceae
genusAtriplex
subgenusAtriplex subg. Pterochiton
speciesAtriplex canescens
varietyAtriplex canescens var. laciniata

Atriplex canescens var. laciniata

Parish in W. L. Jepson

Fl. Calif. 1: 442. 1914.

Stanley L. Welsh
Common names: Caleb saltbush
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 380. Mentioned on page 376, 379.

Plants mainly 10–20 dm, not spiny. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, to oblanceolate, often thickened, 12–25 (–30) × 2–5 mm, apex mainly rounded. Pistillate flowers borne in panicles mostly 5–25 cm. Fruiting bracteoles on stipes 0–2 mm, body typically with 4 prominent, laciniate wings extending length of bract, united throughout, 6–10 (–15) × 8–11 (–15) mm, apex toothed, surface of wings and body smooth or reticulate.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Saline flats, bajadas, alluvial fans
Elevation: 60-800 m

Distribution

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Calif., Nev., Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Atriplex canescens var. laciniata, also a high polyploid, is supposed to have originated through hybridization of Atriplex canescens with a second chromosomal race of A. polycarpa. It is certainly similar to but has larger and more apparently laciniate bract wings than A. canescens var. macilenta, which arose similarly but purportedly from a different chromosomal race of the same species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"wide" is not a number."united" is not a number.

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2n chromosome quantity
18 +
Apex architecture
wingless +  and winged +
Apex shape
toothed +  and rounded +
Author
Stanley L. Welsh +
Authority
Parish in W. L. Jepson +
Axillary bud prominence
inconspicuous +
Axillary bud quantity
lacking +
Axillary glomerule architecture
spicate +
Bark coating
slippery +
Bark odor
aromatic +
Basionyms
Calligonum canescens +
Blade architecture or shape
entire +
Blade length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Blade shape
linear +  and oblanceolate oblong or obovate +
Blade width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Body atypical length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Body atypical width
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Body fusion
united +
Body length
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Body width
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 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
connate +
Bracteole growth form
dimorphic +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Bracteole quantity
1 +  and 5 +
Calyx shape
3-5-parted +
Common name
Caleb saltbush +
Distribution
Calif. +, Nev. +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
Elevation
60-800 m +
Embryo architecture
coiled +
Embryo course
curved +
Embryo development
developing +
Embryo shape
annular +
Embryo size
large +
Endosperm function
storage +
Endosperm polyploidy
common +
Flake coloration
white +
Flower architecture
pistillate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement or growth form
clustered +
Flower coloration
yellow +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Flower some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Fruit architecture
appendaged +
Fruit fusion
not +  and connate +
Fruit life cycle
mature +
Fruit size
enlarged +
Fruit size or width
thickened +
Habitat
Saline flats, bajadas, alluvial fans +
Hair shape
bladderlike +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Bee F. Gunn +
Inflorescence position
terminal +  and axillary +
Leaf architecture
nearly +  and sessile +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf atypical length
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Leaf duration
persistent +
Leaf length
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Leaf shape
narrowly oblanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
Leaf size or width
thickened +
Leaf width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Margin architecture
not winged +  and winged +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
toothed +  and lobed +
Middle architecture
stipitate +  and sessile +
Middle fusion
united +
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
(1-)3-5-lobed +
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
Fl. Calif. +
Publication year
1914 +
Radicle orientation
pointing +  and ascending +
Radicle position
sublateral +  and 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
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
Seed orientation
erect +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed shape
flattened +
Seed width
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Source xml
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Special status
Weedy +  and Illustrated +
Species quantity
few +
Spike height or length or size
short +
Spike shape
cylindric +
Stamen presence
absent +
Stamen quantity
3 +  and 5 +
Stem architecture
jointed +
Stem architecture or shape
spiny +
Stem arrangement
opposite +  and alternate +
Stem arrangement or shape
stellate +
Stem pubescence
silvery +
Stem texture
succulent +
Stigma quantity
2 +
Stipe some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
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
reticulate +  and smooth +
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 nuttallii +
Taxon family
Chenopodiaceae +
Taxon name
Atriplex canescens var. laciniata +
Taxon parent
Atriplex canescens +
Taxon rank
variety +
Terminal panicle architecture
spicate +  and naked +
Terminal spike architecture
spicate +  and naked +
Trichome shape
elongate +
Tubercle quantity
Lacking (?) +
Tubercle relief
tuberculate +
Type architecture
kranz-type +
Type reproduction
dicotyledonous +
Type variability
normal +
Vesture coloration
silvery +
Vesture pubescence
scurfy +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism architecture
armed +
Whole organism architecture or shape
not spiny +
Whole organism duration
perennial +  and annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism height
tall +
Whole organism position
low +
Whole organism reproduction
monoecious +  and dioecious +
Whole organism some measurement
10dm (20dm) +
Whole organism texture
woody +
Whole organism width
wider +  and wide +
Wing prominence
prominent +
Wing quantity
4 +
Wing shape
laciniate +
Wing shape or architecture
dentate to entire +
X chromosome quantity
9 +