PLANTS Profile for Atriplex asterocarpa (Chinle saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.
Chinle saltbush

Symbol:

ATAS2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.

Synonyms:
Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.

ATSAA

Atriplex saccaria S. Watson var. asterocarpa (Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.) S.L. Welsh

Distribution:
Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.


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Related Taxa:
Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Atriplex L. – saltbush
Species	Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand. – Chinle saltbush

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex asterocarpa Stutz, G.L. Chu & S.C. Sand.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507736.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 07:30 PM CDT