Atriplex crassipes
Citation:
J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 42:171 (1918) var. crassipes.
Synonymy: A. crassipes J. Black var. inappendiculata Aellen, Bot. Jb. 71:232 (1940), nom. illegit.; .4. rosea L. var. stipitata F. Muell., Rep. Babbage Exped. 1858 20 (1859); A. muelleri Benth. var. stipitata (F. Muell.)Aellen, Bot. Jb. 68:370 (1938).
Common name: None
Description:
Decumbent to erect rounded herb to 30 cm high, monoecious; leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, scurfy-tomentose on both surfaces, ovate to elliptic, 7-15 mm long, thin, obtuse, entire, cuneate to truncate at the base.
Flowers in axillary glomerules.
Fruiting bracteoles like a duck's foot; pedicel thick, 1-1.5 mm long; tube. deltoid, flattened, united in the lower half, shortly 3-toothed at the apex, c. 2 mm long, prominently nerved and reticulate, smooth; seed circular; radicle lateral.
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Image source: fig. 150g in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: all months.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Taxonomic notes:
This species is closely related to A. pseudocampanulata Aellen with which it intergrades.
Author:
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