Atriplex spinifera
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| Atriplex spinifera | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Atriplex |
| Species: | A. spinifera
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| Atriplex spinifera | |
Atriplex spinifera is a species of saltbush, known by the common names spiny saltbush and spinescale saltbush.
It is endemic to California, where it grows in dry habitat with saline soils, such as salt flats. Its distribution includes the Mojave Desert, the southern Transverse Ranges, and the Central Valley, and surrounding mountain ranges. It is a halophyte.
Description
[edit | edit source]Atriplex spinifera is a grayish or whitish brambly shrub with erect branching stems growing to a maximum height near 2 meters. The tangled branches are stiff and tipped with spiny points. The leaves are oval in shape and less than 3 centimeters in length.
The shrub is dioecious, with male and female individuals. The male flowers are small clusters in the leaf axils. The female flowers are solitary or borne in small clusters, and are enclosed in scaly bracts which become spherical as the fruit grows within.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jepson Manual Treatment — Atriplex spinifera
- USDA Plants Profile: Atriplex spinifera
- Flora of North America
- Atriplex spinifera — U.C. Photo gallery
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- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Atriplex
- Endemic flora of California
- Halophytes
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- San Gabriel Mountains
- Plants described in 1918
- Dioecious plants
- Amaranthaceae stubs