Atriplex pacifica A.Nelson

Davidson's saltbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Atriplex

Characteristics

Herbs, annual, prostrate, sometimes tinged red, 1-6 dm, forming tangled masses 3-10 dm diam., lightly scurfy when young. Leaves numerous, sessile or proximal short petiolate; blade greenish adaxially, paler abaxially, oblanceolate to spatulate-elliptic or oval, (3-)5-18 × 1-8 mm, margin entire, more scurfy abaxially. Staminate flowers in glomerules largely in distal bractless axils, thus short spicate; calyx 5-cleft. Pistillate flowers in proximal axils. Fruiting bracteoles subsessile or stipe to 0.3 mm, suborbiculate to obovate, 1-1.5(-2) × 1.1-1.8 mm, united to middle, margin minutely 3-5-toothed at apex, otherwise entire, apex green, faces smooth or rarely tuberculate. Seeds light brown, 0.8-1 mm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.45
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 9 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Distribution

Atriplex pacifica world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326229-2
WFO ID wfo-0000556386
COL ID JLLJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Atriplex microcarpa Atriplex pacifica Obione microcarpa