Atriplex argentea

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Atriplex argentea is a species of saltbush known by the common names silverscale saltbush and silver orache.[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ATAR2 USDA Plants Profile: Atriplex argentea][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242415533 Flora of North America] It is native to western North America from southern Canada to northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, generally on saline soils.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3084,3089,3090 Jepson Manual Treatment - Atriplex argentea]

Description

Atriplex argentea is an annual herb producing branching stems which spread out low to the ground or reach erect to maximum heights approaching 80 centimeters. The leaves are triangular to roughly oval in shape and 1 to 4 centimeters long. The stems and leaves are coated in gray scales.

The inflorescences are rough clusters of tiny flowers, with male and female flowers in separate clusters.

Uses

Among the Zuni people, a poultice of chewed root is applied to sores and rashes. An infusion of the root is also taken for stomachache.Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, p.384

References

External links

[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Atriplex+argentea Calflora Database: Atriplex argentea (silver saltweed, silverscale saltbush)]
[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3084,3089,3090 Jepson Manual treatment for Atriplex argentea]
[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Atriplex+argentea Atriplex argentea — UC Photo gallery]

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Category:Halophytes

Category:Flora of Western Canada

Category:Flora of the Western United States

Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico

Category:Flora of Northeastern Mexico

Category:Flora of the United States

Category:Flora of California

Category:Flora of Nevada

Category:Flora of Washington (state)

Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)

Category:Flora of the Rocky Mountains