PLANTS Profile for Atriplex prostrata (triangle orache)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.
triangle orache

Symbol:

ATPR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.

Carole Ritchie. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Australia. Usage Requirements.

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Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.

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Synonyms:
Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.

	ATHA	Atriplex hastata sensu Aellen, non L.
	ATLA3	Atriplex latifolia Wahlenb.
	ATPAH3	Atriplex patula L. ssp. hastata sensu H.M. Hall & Clem. 1923, non (L.) H.M. Hall & Clem.
	ATPAH2	Atriplex patula L. var. hastata auct. non (L.) A. Gray
	ATPAT	Atriplex patula L. var. triangularis (Willd.) Thorne & S.L. Welsh
	ATPRT	Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC. var. triangularis (Willd.) Rauschert
	ATTR2	Atriplex triangularis Willd.

Distribution:
Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.


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USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 111 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Atriplex L. – saltbush
Species	Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC. – triangle orache

Wetland Indicator Status:
Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.

Atriplex triangularis:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex prostrata Bouchér ex DC.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 192279.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/30/2008 04:00 PM MDT