Atriplex coronata var. notatior

Jepson

Fl. Calif. 1: 437. 1914.

Common names: San Jacinto Valley crownscale
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 360. Mentioned on page 359.

Stems ± erect. Fruiting bracteoles with body ± semicircular in profile, compressed or ± spheric, 4.5–5 × 3–5 mm wide; tubercles dense and usually with distinctive, radiating, equal marginal teeth.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Alkaline flats, dry lake beds, with Suaeda, Atriplex spp., and other salt-tolerant species
Elevation: 400-500 m

Discussion

Atriplex coronata var. notatior is rather peculiar in that the staminate terminal spike is reduced to a single terminal hemispheric glomerule.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Stanley L. Welsh +
Jepson +
Pusillae +
San Jacinto Valley crownscale +
400-500 m +
Alkaline flats, dry lake beds, with Suaeda, Atriplex spp., and other salt-tolerant species +
Flowering spring–fall. +
Atriplex elegans var. coronata +  and Obione coronata +
Atriplex coronata var. notatior +
Atriplex coronata +
variety +