Atriplex canescens

A common shrub in low desert and one of the few able to tolerate salinity. The winged "fruits" are actually enlarged calices surrounding an achene.

"Fruits" and leaves at A Mountain, 10/15/06.



Staminate flowers at La Cueva on the west side of the Organ Mountains, 4/23/06.

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