Atriplex acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 370.

Leaves: petioles mainly 5–12 mm; blade flat or folded, ovate to rhombic-ovate, elliptic, or spatulate, mainly 15–40(–50)  7–20 mm, base narrowly cuneate, margin irregularly repand-dentate, sinuate-dentate, undulate-crisped, with sinuses rounded, or less commonly entire. Fruiting bracteoles ascending to erect when mature, mainly 9–15 mm thick, on stipes mainly 3–8 mm when mature, body globose, 3.5–5 mm thick, covered with numerous, radiating, cylindric, conic, or flattened, distally toothed or branched processes mainly 2.5–5 mm.


Habitat: Alkaline soils, used for windbreaks, roadside cover and ornamentals, mainly occurring along the drainages of the Gila and Rio Grande rivers
Elevation: 100-800 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Stanley L. Welsh +
(Torrey) S. Watson +
Obione acanthocarpa +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua +  and Coahuila). +
100-800 m +
Alkaline soils, used for windbreaks, roadside cover and ornamentals, mainly occurring along the drainages of the Gila and Rio Grande rivers +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
Canescentes +, Confertifoliae +, Nuttallianae +, Obione sect. Deserticola +  and Obione subg. Pterochiton +
Atriplex acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa +
Atriplex acanthocarpa +
variety +