Species: Atriplex truncata
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Wedge-leaved Saltbush is an annual with simple to branched stems which are 15-100 cm tall. The alternate, wedge-shaped to oval leaves, 15-40 mm long, have entire margins and short petioles. The foliage is sparsely to densely covered with grayish scales that rub off. Small, unisexual flowers are borne in clusters in leaf axils. Male flowers lack petals but have a 5-parted calyx. Female flowers lack both petals and sepals and are subtended by 2 wedge-shaped bracts which are 2-3 mm long in fruit and which have entire margins but 2-3 low teeth across the top.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Dicotyledoneae
Caryophyllales
Chenopodiaceae
Atriplex
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Wedge-leaved Saltbush is an annual with simple to branched stems which are 15-100 cm tall. The alternate, wedge-shaped to oval leaves, 15-40 mm long, have entire margins and short petioles. The foliage is sparsely to densely covered with grayish scales that rub off. Small, unisexual flowers are borne in clusters in leaf axils. Male flowers lack petals but have a 5-parted calyx. Female flowers lack both petals and sepals and are subtended by 2 wedge-shaped bracts which are 2-3 mm long in fruit and which have entire margins but 2-3 low teeth across the top.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life