View source for Atriplex saccaria var. cornuta

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|accepted_name=Atriplex saccaria var. cornuta
|accepted_authority=(M. E. Jones) S. L. Welsh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=102: 420. 2001
|year=2001
}}
|common_names=Flat-horn orach
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Atriplex cornuta
|authority=M. E. Jones
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Atriplex argentea var. cornuta
|authority=(M. E. Jones) M. E. Jones
}}
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Atriplex;Atriplex subg. Obione;Atriplex sect. Obione;Atriplex subsect. Saccariae;Atriplex saccaria;Atriplex saccaria var. cornuta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Atriplex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Atriplex subg. Obione]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Atriplex sect. Obione]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Atriplex subsect. Saccariae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Atriplex saccaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Atriplex saccaria var. cornuta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 348
|treatment_page=page 349
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, rather low, sprawling, mainly 1.5–3 dm and as broad or broader. <b>Stems</b> terete or angled. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole mainly 1–3 cm, gradually shortened distally; blade rhombic to deltoid or ovate, 10–25 mm and as broad or broader, base broadly to narrowly cuneate, apex acute to rounded. <b>Staminate</b> flowers in small sessile glomerules axillary in distalmost bracteate leaves. <b>Fruiting</b> bracteoles dimorphic, those on stipes (2–)4–15 mm or longer, with surfaces covered with flattened processes, sessile one cuneate as in type variety.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Salt desert shrub communities, on fine-textured saline substrates of Morrison and Mancos Shale formations
|elevation=1400-1500 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Atriplex saccaria var. cornuta is a Colorado Plateau endemic.</p><!--
--><p>The rhombic to deltoid or flabellate, broadly cuneate leaves of this variety bear a superficial resemblance to those of Atriplex argentea, especially portions of var. rydbergii, possibly resulting in Jones’ subsequent placement of the taxon. Some specimens appear to grade with the partially sympatric and highly variable var. saccaria, especially with the phase that has passed under the name A. caput-medusae.</p>
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name=Atriplex saccaria var. cornuta
|author=
|authority=(M. E. Jones) S. L. Welsh
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Atriplex argentea var. cornuta
|basionyms=Atriplex cornuta
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Salt desert shrub communities, on fine-textured saline substrates of Morrison and Mancos Shale formations
|elevation=1400-1500 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=2001
|special status=
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|genus=Atriplex
|subgenus=Atriplex subg. Obione
|section=Atriplex sect. Obione
|subsection=Atriplex subsect. Saccariae
|species=Atriplex saccaria
|variety=Atriplex saccaria var. cornuta
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