Atriplex patula L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Amaranthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants to 1(–1.5) m, erect and widely branched, or sometimes ± prostrate; lvs green especially on the upper side, the principal ones 4–12 cm, lanceolate to rhombic- hastate with a cuneate base; infls numerous, interrupted-spiciform, more continuous upwards, leafy- bracteate only near the base; fruiting bracteoles thin, foliaceous, joined near the base or almost to the middle, obscurely veined or only the midvein prominent, mostly 3–7 mm, ovate to more often rhombic- triangular or triangular-hastate, acute to acuminate, entire or with 1 or 2 short lateral teeth, smooth or with irregular appendages on the back; seeds dimorphic, some brown, 2.5–3.5 mm wide, others black, smaller, 1.2–3 mm wide; radicle ± inferior; mainly or wholly tetraploid on x=9. Widespread ruderal weed, only casually maritime, intr. from Eurasia. (A. acadiensis)
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Common Names
spearscale