PLANTS Profile for Atriplex elegans (wheelscale saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.
wheelscale saltbush

Symbol:

ATEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.

Distribution:
Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.


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Related Taxa:
Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

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Classification:
Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.

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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 elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr. – wheelscale saltbush

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.

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 20526.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.

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