Pop Saltbush (Atriplex spongiosa)
Description
Rounded annual or short-lived perennial shrub to 30cm high. Leaves elliptic, broadly elliptic or ovate to cm long; acute to obtuse; entire to sinuate-dentate (or rarely deeply serrate); narrowed at the base into a short petiole or sessile, scurfy on both surfaces. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers of both sexes present in axillary glomerules. Pale-brown spongy, ovoid fruit to 6mm long with a thin, loosely scurfy texture, supported on a network of fibrous veins.
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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