OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Atriplex patula   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex patula   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

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

Atriplex patula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Atriplex patula

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

Atriplex patula   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Atriplex patula var. patula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Atriplex patula

 

COMMON NAME:
Spear Orach


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex patula   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Atriplex patula

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Atriplex patula var. patula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atriplex patula

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4349

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, inland saline areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Lowermost opposite, others alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
5 sepals in staminate flowers, absent in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
5 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

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