| 词条 | Atriplex elegans |
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| image = Atriplex elegans.jpg | regnum = Plantae | unranked_divisio = Angiosperms | unranked_classis = Eudicots | unranked_ordo = Core eudicots | ordo = Caryophyllales | familia = Amaranthaceae | subfamilia = Chenopodioideae | genus = Atriplex | species = A. elegans | binomial = Atriplex elegans | binomial_authority = (Moq.) D.Dietr.[1] | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision =
| synonyms = * Obione elegans Moq. }} Atriplex elegans is a species of saltbush known by the common name wheelscale saltbush, Mecca orach,[5]{{rp|270}} or wheelscale.[5]{{rp|270}} It is native to the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico, where it grows in areas of saline or alkaline soils, such as alkali flats and desert dry lakebeds. DescriptionThis is an annual herb with a scaly branching stem which spreads somewhat upright to heights between 10 and 50 centimeters. The crusty whitish leaves are narrowly oval in shape, sometimes toothed along the edges, and less than 3 centimeters long. The inflorescences bear separate male and female flowers which are in small, hard clusters. References1. ^D. Dietr. Syn. Pl. 5: 537 1852 2. ^1 2 M.E. Jones Contr. W. Bot. 12: 76 1908 3. ^1 H.M. Hall & Clem. Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 326: 301 1923 4. ^W.L. Wagner Gen. Techn. Rep. Rocky Mount. Forest & Range Exp. Sta. RM–57: 50 1978 5. ^1 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd ed., 2013, {{ISBN|978-0-7627-8033-4}} External links
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