Atriplex lentiformis
species of plant
Atriplex lentiformis (quail bush, big saltbrush, big saltbush, quailbrush, lenscale, len-scale saltbush and white thistle) is a species of saltbush.
Description
Atriplex lentiformis is a spreading, communal shrub reaching one to three meters in height and generally more in width. It is highly branched and bears scaly or scurfy gray-green leaves up to 5 centimeters long and often toothed or rippled along the edges. This species may be dioecious or monoecious, with individuals bearing either male or female flowers, or sometimes both. Male flowers are borne in narrow inflorescences up to 50 centimeters long, while inflorescences of female flowers are smaller and more compact. Plants can change from monoecious to dioecious and from male to female and vice versa.
This species blooms in June and October.
Taxonomy
Atriplex lentiformis was scientifically described by John Torrey in 1853 and named Obione lentiformis. It was moved to the genus Atriplex in 1874 by the botanist Sereno Watson. Together with its genus it is classified in the Amaranthaceae family and has no accepted subspecies according to Plants of the World Online.
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