Atriplex leucoclada Boiss.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Atriplex

Characteristics

A shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-100 cm tall. The leaves are 8-30 mm long by 2-25 mm wide. They are triangle shaped. The flowers are in clusters near the ends of branches.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows in areas that are occasionally water logged. It can grow in salty soils. It can grow in arid places.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 9 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Atriplex leucoclada world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Bahrain, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Yemen, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163922-1
WFO ID wfo-0000556221
COL ID JLHF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Atriplex inamoena Atriplex leptoclada Atriplex leucoclada Obione leucoclada Atriplex crystallinum Atriplex chanicowii Atriplex turcomanica Atriplex laciniata var. turcomanica Atriplex leucoclada var. inamoena Atriplex leucoclada var. mandavillea Atriplex leucoclada subsp. turcomanica Atriplex leucoclada var. turcomanica Atriplex leucoclada var. turcomanica