UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR-BPS-262855
UCR-262855
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.
Chenopodiaceae
A.C. Sanders (2018)
Sarah J. De Groot
7256
2014-08-23
2014-8-23
Naomi Fraga, Cheryl Sevilla, Silvia Olivares
United States, California, San Bernardino, along Mesquite Valley Road near Davis Well (lone Tamarix). West side of California Valley, east side of Nopah Range, northwest of Kingston Range, south-southwest of Pahrump, Nevada
35.85869 -116.051
T20N R9E sec6
750 meters (2460ft)
Sandy semi-alkaline area. Slope c. 0° (flat), aspect if any south-facing. Siltstone (lacustrine deposit) and Quaternary alluvium. Assoc. with Atriplex confertifolia, A. canescens, Larrea tridentata, Prosopis glandulosa torreyana, Ambrosia salsola, Lepidium fremontii.
Fruiting
Shrub, 2-5 ft tall. Locally frequent on and around sandy hills, c. 100 plants over 4 acres.