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Atriplex
semibaccata Chenopodiaceae |
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Atriplex
semibaccata Chenopodiaceae |
Description:
Perennial herbs; stems usually prostrate, 2-12 dm long. Leaves
alternate, elliptic to oblong, 1-2.5 cm long, 0.3-1 cm wide, grayish green,
scurfy to glabrate, subsessile, margins entire to dentate. Staminate flowers in
terminal spikes, pistillate ones in axillary clusters. Fruiting bracts fused to
middle or above, rhombic, 4-7 mm long, fleshy, often bright red, more or less
compressed, free margins laciniate. Seeds 1.5-2 mm long. Flowers Apr-Dec
Distribution:
All California Channel islands; Los Coronados, Todos Santos, San
Martin, and Cedros islands; throughout much of California to northern Mexico,
east to Utah and Texas; native of Australia.
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Santa Cruz Island |
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1995(1) Common; rocky sea cliffs, slopes, floodplains, and alkaline flats; coastal scrub, grasslands; 10-1500 ft (3-460 m). Widely scattered locations throughout island. |
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| Atriplex semibaccata growing on the Ridge Road. |
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| Close-up of leaves |
(1) Provided by "A Flora of Santa Cruz Island" Steve Junak et al. Copyright Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & California Native Plant Society 1995.
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