Grayia spinosa

Grayia spinosa

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Grayia
Species:
G. spinosa
Binomial name
Grayia spinosa
(Hook.) Moq.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Grayia polygaloides Hook. & Arn. (nom. illeg.)
  • Chenopodium spinosum Hook.
  • Atriplex grayi Collotzi ex W. A. Weber (not Atriplex spinosa D. Dietr)

Grayia spinosa is a species of the genus Grayia in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, which is known by the common names hop sage and spiny hop sage. It is widely distributed across the Western United States, where it grows in a number of desert and mountain habitats.

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