Anabasis elatior (C.A.Mey.) Schischk.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Anabasis

Characteristics

Subshrubs 15-30 cm tall. Woody stem much branched, gray-brown to gray-white; annual branches erect or slightly obliquely spreading, with 10-20 internodes, with short, obliquely spreading branches above; internodes terete or upper ones slightly compressed, usually 1-1.5 cm × 1.5-3 mm. Leaf apex subobtuse, with a short, pellucid, acicular awn; lower and middle leaves spreading or recurved, subulate, ca. 3 mm; upper leaves appressed against branch, scale-like, ca. 2 mm. Flowers axillary, solitary on upper part of branches and forming a short spike; bractlet apex subacute, without an acicular awn. Perianth segments membranous, proximally slightly thickened; outer 3 segments broadly ovate, abaxially with a developed, transverse wing; inner 2 segments narrower, without a wing or sometimes with a narrow wing in fruit; wing usually erect, yellow-white or pink, reniform. Disk lobes linear, apex pectinate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; stigmas recurved, adaxially finely papillate. Utricle ovoid to broadly so, 2-3 mm; pericarp yellow-brown or pink, fleshy. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form annual
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.33
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Photosynthetic pathway c4

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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Anabasis elatior world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163414-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532777
COL ID 66H2N
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Synonyms

Brachylepis elatior Brachylepis eriopoda Anabasis korovinii Anabasis elatior Anabasis phyllophora Anabasis subulifolia Anabasis korovinii Anabasis intermedia Brachylepis intermedia