Allenrolfea occidentalis

Iodinebush
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Allenrolfea
Species:
A. occidentalis
Binomial name
Allenrolfea occidentalis
(S.Wats.) Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
  • Allenrolfea mexicana Lundell
  • Halostachys occidentalis S. Watson

Allenrolfea occidentalis, the iodine bush, is a low-lying shrub of the Southwestern United States, California, Idaho, and northern Mexico.[2]

It grows in sandy, often salty, distinctly alkaline soils, such as desert washes and saline dry lakebeds. It is a common halophyte member of the alkali flat ecosystem.[2]

  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. ^ a b Shultz, L.M.: 'eFloras 2008. Allenrolfea occidentalis in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.