Atriplex elegans
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Atriplex elegans is a species of saltbush known by the common name wheelscale saltbush, Mecca orach,[1]:270 or wheelscale.[1]:270 It is native to the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico, where it grows in areas of saline or alkaline soils, such as alkali flats and desert dry lakebeds.
Description
This is an annual herb with a scaly branching stem which spreads somewhat upright to heights between 10 and 50 centimeters. The crusty whitish leaves are narrowly oval in shape, sometimes toothed along the edges, and less than 3 centimeters long. The inflorescences bear separate male and female flowers which are in small, hard clusters.
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd ed., 2013, ISBN 978-0-7627-8033-4
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- Atriplex
- Halophytes
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Plants described in 1849
- Amaranthaceae stubs
