Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis

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Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
Subspecies:
A. v. subsp. variabilis
Trinomial name
Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis

Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis is subspecies of bladder saltbush endemic to Australia.

Description

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It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, with entire margins, ten to 15 millimetres long, and 4 to 6 millimetres wide.[1]

Taxonomy

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The species was first published by Geoffrey Parr-Smith in Paul G. Wilson's 1984 treatment of the genus for the Flora of Australia series.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

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It grows in loam and clay, on coastal dunes and salt lakes;[3] it has a fairly wide distribution, occurring in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[1]

References

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