Atriplex parishii S.Watson

Parish's saltbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Atriplex

Characteristics

Herbs, erect or spreading to prostrate, 0.5-3 dm; branches almost horizontal to ascending, fragile, white scurfy or villous (in var. parishii). Leaves numerous, all or nearly all opposite or almost all alternate, distal ones imbricate or widely separated, tending to recurve; blade lanceolate to ovate, (2-)4-10 × 3-8 mm, rigid, base mostly rounded to cordate, margin entire, gray to white, densely scurfy (or hairy). Staminate flowers mostly in distal axils pistillate in proximal axils, or mostly in terminal spike (var. persistens), or partly so (var. subtilis). Fruiting bracteoles sessile, ovate or rhombic, slightly compressed to thickened, 2-3.5(-4) mm and about as broad or sometimes broader, often subhastately lobed, united 1/2 of length, entire or with few teeth on each side, tuberculate on 1 or both faces. Seeds dark brown or almost black, 0.8-1.5 mm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.23
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
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OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26416-2
WFO ID wfo-0000556408
COL ID JLLS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Atriplex parishii Obione parishii Atriplex parishii var. parishii

Lower taxons

Atriplex parishii var. depressa Atriplex parishii var. minuscula Atriplex parishii var. persistens Atriplex parishii var. subtilis