PLANTS Profile for Atriplex nummularia (bluegreen saltbush)

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Atriplex nummularia Lindl.
bluegreen saltbush

Symbol:

ATNU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Atriplex nummularia Lindl.

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Synonyms:
Atriplex nummularia Lindl.

ATJO

Atriplex johnstonii C.B. Wolf

Johnson's saltbush

Distribution:
Atriplex nummularia Lindl.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex nummularia Lindl.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex nummularia Lindl.

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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 nummularia Lindl. – bluegreen saltbush

Introduced Information:
Atriplex nummularia Lindl.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex nummularia Lindl.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20550.

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

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 08:38 PM CST