Blooms: July-September
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; scattered locations in central and eastern U.S.
Habitat: Weedy species of irrigated land and roadsides.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; scattered locations in central and eastern U.S.
Habitat: Weedy species of irrigated land and roadsides.
Species Description:
General: Monoecious, erect, freely-branched to simple annual, 2-12 dm. tall, grayish with a mealy coating at least on the lower surface of the leaves.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate or the upper sessile, lanceolate to ovate, 2-5 cm. long, the blades wavy-dentate and often slightly hastate, tapered or rounded at the base.
Flowers: Flowers glomerate in the leaf axils and on short axillary and terminal spikes, the staminate above the pistillate; staminate flowers with a 5-parted perianth; pistillate flowers without a perianth, with 2 subtending bracts which are fused less than half their length, triangular or nearly orbicular, strongly flattened, 4-8 mm. long, acute at the tip, the margins dentate, the sides with sharp projections.
Fruits: Utricle
General: Monoecious, erect, freely-branched to simple annual, 2-12 dm. tall, grayish with a mealy coating at least on the lower surface of the leaves.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate or the upper sessile, lanceolate to ovate, 2-5 cm. long, the blades wavy-dentate and often slightly hastate, tapered or rounded at the base.
Flowers: Flowers glomerate in the leaf axils and on short axillary and terminal spikes, the staminate above the pistillate; staminate flowers with a 5-parted perianth; pistillate flowers without a perianth, with 2 subtending bracts which are fused less than half their length, triangular or nearly orbicular, strongly flattened, 4-8 mm. long, acute at the tip, the margins dentate, the sides with sharp projections.
Fruits: Utricle
Accepted Name:
Atriplex rosea L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Atriplex rosea
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Atriplex rosea specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Atriplex rosea specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Atriplex rosea treatment.
E-Flora BC: Atriplex rosea atlas page.
CalPhotos: Atriplex rosea images.
USDA Plants Database: Atriplex rosea.
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