Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 
Family: Chenopodiaceae
fourwing saltbush
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L.R. Landrum  
Photographer: L.R. Landrum
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
 
Plant: Dioecious shrub to 2 m Leaves: leaves linear, oblong-lanceolate, light green Flowers: flowers in glomerules in spikes at ends of branches Fruit: an utricle, conspicuously four-winged; Seed 1.5-2.5 mm, erect Misc: Clay to gravelly flats, slopes, scrub; < 2400 m. Notes: 4-winged References: W. B. McDougal. Seed Plants of Northern Arizona. J.C. Hickman, ed. The Jepson Manual. ASU specimens.
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Liz Makings  
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L.R. Landrum  
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Photographer: Liz Makings
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
Locality: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
Photographer: L.R. Landrum
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
Specimen Info: ASU:Plants:182366
Manager: ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium
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