Blooms: May-July
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascade in Washington; Washington south to California, east to the Dakotas, south to Colorado.
Habitat: Saline or alkaline, usually heavy soils of the drier regions.
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: East of the Cascade in Washington; Washington south to California, east to the Dakotas, south to Colorado.
Habitat: Saline or alkaline, usually heavy soils of the drier regions.
Species Description:
General: Monoecious, spreading, whitish-barked shrub up to 2.5 m. tall, the branches numerous, rigid, spreading, many of them spine-tipped.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, deciduous, 1.5-4 cm. long, fleshy, linear, and nearly terete.
Flowers: Flowers in numerous, axillary spikes 1-3 cm. long, closely packed, naked; staminate flowers uppermost, consisting 2-3 stamens covered by a peltate scale; the pistillate lower flowers few, the perianth cup-like, completely surrounding the ovary, 1 mm. long at flowering, but greatly enlarged in fruit, the upper portion free and flaring widely to form a wing-like border; styles 2.
Fruits: Fruit 4-5 mm. long, cuplike below the wing, which is nearly 1 cm. broad.
General: Monoecious, spreading, whitish-barked shrub up to 2.5 m. tall, the branches numerous, rigid, spreading, many of them spine-tipped.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, deciduous, 1.5-4 cm. long, fleshy, linear, and nearly terete.
Flowers: Flowers in numerous, axillary spikes 1-3 cm. long, closely packed, naked; staminate flowers uppermost, consisting 2-3 stamens covered by a peltate scale; the pistillate lower flowers few, the perianth cup-like, completely surrounding the ovary, 1 mm. long at flowering, but greatly enlarged in fruit, the upper portion free and flaring widely to form a wing-like border; styles 2.
Fruits: Fruit 4-5 mm. long, cuplike below the wing, which is nearly 1 cm. broad.
Accepted Name:
Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.Synonyms:
Batis vermiculata Hook.
Fremontia vermiculata (Hook.) Torrey
Sarcobatus maximilianii Nees
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Sarcobatus vermiculatus specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Sarcobatus vermiculatus specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Sarcobatus vermiculatus treatment.
E-Flora BC: Sarcobatus vermiculatus atlas page.
CalPhotos: Sarcobatus vermiculatus images.
USDA Plants Database: Sarcobatus vermiculatus.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2011
G. D. Carr, 2011
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