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A number of idiosyncratic characters are used in the identification of the species of Atriplex. Many important characters are associated with the mature fruits. The fruit is closely invested by 2 bracteoles, which are variously shaped and ornamented. Mature seeds are dimorphic in most of our species, with larger brown seeds and smaller black seeds. The radicle of the seeds is variously apical, lateral, or basal... Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex prostrata   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Atriplex prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Atriplex prostrata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-04-002?:

Atriplex patula   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Atriplex patula var. hastata

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Atriplex hastata

COMMON NAME:
Thinleaf Orach, Fat-hen, Triangle Orach

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_atha_001_lvd

        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Atriplex prostrata   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex prostrata   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Atriplex prostrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Atriplex prostrata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-04-002?:
Atriplex patula   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Atriplex patula var. hastata

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atriplex hastata