Distribution: East of the Cascades, southern British Columbia south to southern California, east to Manitoba, Missouri and New Mexico.
Habitat: Dry to moist, saline or alkaline soil, from the desert plains to mid-elevations in he mountains.
Flowers: May - July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Succulent annual, freely-branched from the base, prostrate to ascending, the stems 1-3 dm. long.
Leaves alternate, gradually reduced upward to foliaceous bracts, the blades hastate, sometimes entire above, the lateral lobes divergent and 1-4 mm. long, the terminal lobe linear to oblong or triangular, 0.5-3 cm. long; petioles slender, up to 3 cm. long.
Flowers tiny, mostly monoecious, in dense, sessile, axillary clusters, often reddish; perianth usually a single segment, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, oblong; stamens 1, usually lacking in some flowers; styles 2.
Utricle somewhat flattened, finely pitted.
Publication: Mant. 1: 65. 1822 1822.
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene [FNA4]
Monolepsis nuttalliana (Schultes) Greene, orthographic variant [HC]
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Blitum nuttallianum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Blitum nuttallianum checklist entry.
E-Flora BC: Blitum nuttallianum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Blitum nuttallianum photos.
USDA Plants: Blitum nuttallianum information.
