Atriplex confertifolia

Atriplex confertifolia

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. confertifolia
Binomial name
Atriplex confertifolia
Synonyms[2]
  • Atriplex collina Wooton & Standl.
  • Atriplex jonesii Standl.
  • Atriplex sabulosa M.E.Jones 1903 not Rouy 1890[1]
  • Atriplex subconferta Rydb.
  • Obione confertifolia Torr. & Frém.
  • Obione rigida Torr. & Frém.

Atriplex confertifolia, the shadscale or spiny saltbush,[3] is a species of evergreen shrub in the family Amaranthaceae, which is native to the western United States and northern Mexico.[4][5]

  1. ^ Tropicos search for Atriplex sabulosa
  2. ^ The Plant List, Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S.Watson
  3. ^ "Atriplex confertifolia". Calflora. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.