Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Atriplex patula
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spear Orach at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex patula
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Atriplex patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Atriplex patula
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-04-002:
Atriplex patula FAMILY Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Atriplex patula var. patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atriplex patula
COMMON NAME:
Spear Orach
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Atriplex patula
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex patula
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Atriplex patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Atriplex patula
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-04-002:
Atriplex patula
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Atriplex patula var. patula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Atriplex patula
4349
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Disturbed areas, inland saline areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Lowermost opposite, others alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
5 sepals in staminate flowers, absent in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
5 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
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