Difference between revisions of "Atriplex parishii var. minuscula"

(Standley) S. L. Welsh

Rhodora 102: 423. 2001.

Common names: Lesser orach
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Atriplex minuscula Standley in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 51. 1 916
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--><p><i>Atriplex parishii </i>var.<i> minuscula</i> occurs with <i>Distichlis spicata</i>, <i>Centromadia pungens</i>, <i>Suaeda</i> moquin-tandonii, <i>Spergularia macrotheca</i>:, <i>Frankenia salina</i>, <i>Sporobolus airoides</i>, and other annual <i>Atriplex</i> species. Plants of this variety are sympatric with those of <i></i></i>var.<i><i> subtilis</i> and evidently maintain their integrity even when growing together. This species shares morphologic features with <i>A. cordulata</i>, which suggests a relationship in that direction.</p>
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Latest revision as of 23:00, 5 November 2020

Stems prostrate or spreading-ascending to erect, often reddish, terete, 0.7–2(–4) dm, scurfy. Leaves numerous, imbricate, all or mainly alternate, sessile; blade ovate or broadly so, (1–)4–10 mm, base rounded to subcordate, margin entire, apex acute. Flowers solitary or few in axils, staminate 4-merous. Fruiting bracteoles deciduous, rounded-deltoid, compressed, 2–3 mm and as broad or broader, somewhat hastately lobed at base and denticulate or crenulate, acute or acuminate at apex, sides smooth. Seeds reddish brown, 0.8–0.9 mm.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Sandy saline substrates
Elevation: 20-60 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Atriplex parishii var. minuscula occurs with Distichlis spicata, Centromadia pungens, Suaeda moquin-tandonii, Spergularia macrotheca:, Frankenia salina, Sporobolus airoides, and other annual Atriplex species. Plants of this variety are sympatric with those of var. subtilis and evidently maintain their integrity even when growing together. This species shares morphologic features with A. cordulata, which suggests a relationship in that direction.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.