Grey saltbush (Atriplex cinerea)
Description
It is an annual plant , which reaches a size of up to 120 cm in height, glabrous or partially farinaceous. Stems from erect to prostrate, with greenish-whitish streaks. The leaves are 1-8 - 0.7-8 cm, usually scattered, sometimes opposite, all petiolate, the lower and mid-folded or triangular, truncated or subcorded base, with lateral lobes directed towards the foliar base or towards the sides - not to the apex; The upper ovate-lanceolate, all - farinaceous. Paniculiform inflorescence, sharp. Fruitful, sessile, herbaceous bractulae from rhombic to rhombic-elliptical, free, welded only at the base, frequently tuberculated at the back. Seeds 1-1,2 - 1-2 mm; Oblique to vertical radicle.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Amaranthaceae
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Genus: Atriplex
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