Atriplex argentea Nutt.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Amaranthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Atriplex argentea Nutt.

  • Description

    Species Description - Much-branched herb to 8 dm, silvery-scurfy throughout; lvs lanceolate to ovate or deltoid, 1–3 cm, often as wide, fls axillary and in terminal spikes, the staminate and pistillate mingled or separate; fruiting bracteoles cuneate-rotund, 4–7 mm long and wide, united to beyond the middle, irregularly toothed across the broadly rounded summit, the central part indurate, the tubercles few or none, to 2 mm; radicle superior; 2n=36. Widespread in dry or alkaline soils in w. U.S. and adj. Can., occasionally intr. e. to Mich., Mo., and reputedly O.

  • Common Names

    silverscale