Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Crested saltbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Atriplex

Characteristics

An annual plant. It grows 0.4m high.
Life form annual
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Sandy coastal beaches and borders of salt marshes.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 9 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Atriplex cristata unspecified picture

Distribution

Atriplex cristata world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163744-1
WFO ID wfo-0000555958
COL ID JL98
BDTFX ID 8453
INPN ID 131962
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Atriplex aldamae Atriplex arenaria Axyris pentandra Atriplex confinis Atriplex cristata Atriplex pentandra Obione pentandra Obione arenaria Obione cristata Atriplex littoralis Atriplex mucronata Atriplex cristata var. arenaria Atriplex pentandra subsp. arenaria Atriplex pentandra subsp. confinis Atriplex rosea subsp. arenaria