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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Atriplex obovata
|accepted_authority=Moquin-Tandon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Chenop. Monogr. Enum.,
|place=61. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|common_names=New Mexico saltbush;broadscale
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Atriplex greggii
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Atriplex jonesii
|authority=Standley
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Atriplex obovata var. tuberata
|authority=J. F. Macbride
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Atriplex;Atriplex subg. Pterochiton;Atriplex obovata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Atriplex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Atriplex subg. Pterochiton]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Atriplex obovata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 331
|treatment_page=page 371
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> dioecious, clump forming, mainly 2–8 dm and as wide, woody at base. <b>Stems</b> stiffly erect; branchlets terete. <b>Leaves</b> tardily deciduous, alternate or proximal-most subopposite, shortly petiolate; blade gray green, oblong-ovate to elliptic or orbiculate, 8–30(–35) × 6–20 mm, margin entire or rarely dentate, apex rounded to retuse or obtuse. <b>Staminate</b> flowers yellow, in clusters 2–3 mm wide, borne in panicles 6–30 cm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers in small, very numerous glomerules in axils of elongated, terminal leafy-bracteate spikes or finally paniculate. <b>Fruiting</b> bracteoles sessile or substipitate, 4–5 × 5–9 mm, base broadly cuneate, margin sharply toothed, apical tooth subtended by 2–6 equal or smaller teeth, faces smooth or rarely tuberculate. <b>Seeds</b> brown, 2.4–2.8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Fine-textured substrates, with salt desert shrub and lower pinyon-juniper communities
|elevation=1500-2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico.
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name=Atriplex obovata
|authority=Moquin-Tandon
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Atriplex greggii;Atriplex jonesii;Atriplex obovata var. tuberata
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Fine-textured substrates, with salt desert shrub and lower pinyon-juniper communities
|elevation=1500-2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Chenop. Monogr. Enum.,
|publication year=1840
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_730.xml
|genus=Atriplex
|subgenus=Atriplex subg. Pterochiton
|species=Atriplex obovata
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