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Atriplex vestita (Thunb.) Aellen

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb or shrub, up to 2 m high. Stems erect. Leaves leathery, densely scaly, grey, shortly petiolate; blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, apex obtuse, margins entire, occasionally both sides in lower part with a simple blunt tooth. Flowers: in ± terminal, loose, pyramidshaped pseudopanicles, female inflorescences often cluster-like; fruiting bracteoles leaf-like, membranous, rounded to triangular, divided to near base, glabrescent when old, shiny, light yellow; Jan.-Mar.
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Dioecious, perennial shrub, 1-2 m high, stems light-coloured. Leaves 40 x 15 mm, oblanceolate, both surfaces covered by whitish scales. Male inflorescences: flower clusters in terminal, loose pseudo-spikes, regularly spaced along branches. Female inflorescences similarly constructed but contracted, with a shorter axis or arranged in a simple spike. Flowering time Aug.-Apr. Fruiting bracts subrotund, softly papery, glabrescent and warty, 10-15 mm long.
Monoecious, silvery mealy subshrub to 60 cm. Leaves oblanceolate. Flowers clustered in elongate spikes; fruiting bracts, subrotund, softly papery, glabrescent and warty, 10-15 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Atriplex vestita world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164237-1
WFO ID wfo-0000556722
COL ID JLSG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Atriplex vestita
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