| Dicotyledon | Literature for Atriplex semibaccata
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Amaranthaceae -- The Amaranth, Goosefoot Family | Bibliography |
| Atriplex semibaccata | |
Common name(s): salybush, Australian saltbush |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Australia.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Perennial herbs from an elongate taproot; stems prostrate, 6-15 dm long, many-branched, forming spreading mats. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong to spatulate, occasionally narrowly ovate, 1-3.5 cm long, 0.2-0.9 cm wide, upper surface sparsely mealy pubescent to glabrate, lower surface densely
mealy pubescent, margins irregularly and remotely repand-dentate, sometimes upper ones entire. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers unisexual (and the plants monoecious), in axillary clusters. Fruiting bracts thick and fleshy, reddish-tinged to red, connate ca. 1/2 their length, rhombic, 4-6 mm long, apex with a large triangular tooth, sometimes also with a few smaller lateral teeth. |
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| Seeds |
Seed black or dark brown, 1.5-2 mm long.
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 18. |
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