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Atriplex lindleyi Moq.

Lindley’s saltbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Atriplex

Characteristics

Annual or short-lived perennial c. 30 cm high, monoecious. Leaves thin, narrow obovate to rhomboid-orbicular, acute or obtuse to rounded, cuneate at base, in all c. 20 mm long, margin coarsely sinuate-dentate to entire. Male flowers in small glomerules towards the branch apices. Female flowers in scattered axillary clusters. Fruiting bracteoles seemingly sessile, united except near apex, strongly dorsiventrally flattened to spongy turbinate or subglobose, variously winged around apex or with opposite erect circular wing-like appendages, in all 5–18 mm long and wide, prominently or minutely apiculate due to the free triangular bracteole apices, 1–2 mm high. Seed circular; radicle basal, horizontal.
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Rounded annual, up to 0.13-0.50 m, with mealy grey to white indumentum of vesicular scales. Leaves rhomboid, toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters. Flowering time Sept.-May. Fruiting bracts triangular, fused into an inflated bladder, up to 12 mm long.
Monoecious, grey-mealy, rounded, short-lived herb, up to 300 mm tall. Leaves narrowly elliptic to obovate, toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters. Fruiting bracts triangular, fused into an inflated bladder, up to 12 mm long.
Grey-mealy, rounded annual to 30 cm. Leaves rhomboid, toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters; fruiting bracts triangular, fused into an inflated bladder, to 12 mm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.35
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 12 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 14
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Images

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Distribution

Atriplex lindleyi world distribution map, present in Australia, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163927-1
WFO ID wfo-0000556232
COL ID JLHK
BDTFX ID 168255
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Atriplex lindleyi Atriplex halimoides

Lower taxons

Atriplex lindleyi subsp. conduplicata Atriplex lindleyi subsp. inflata
WorldFloraDB 2024