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Atriplex saccaria S. Watson
sack saltbush
       
Symbol:   ATSA  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Chenopodiaceae  
Duration:   Annual  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
L48    N



 
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Atriplex saccaria S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Atriplex saccaria S. Watson

  ATSAC2 Atriplex saccaria S. Watson var. cornuta (M.E. Jones) S.L. Welsh, nom. inq.
 

Distribution:
Atriplex saccaria S. Watson

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Related Taxa:
Atriplex saccaria S. Watson

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex
 

Classification:
Atriplex saccaria S. Watson

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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 saccaria S. Watson – sack saltbush
 

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex saccaria S. Watson

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 20564.

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