Atriplex elegans

Atriplex elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Atriplex elegans
Subspecies
  • Atriplex elegans var. coronata (S. Watson) M.E. Jones, 1908
  • Atriplex elegans subsp. elegans
  • Atriplex elegans var. elegans
  • Atriplex elegans subsp. fasciculata (S. Watson) H.M. Hall & Clem., 1923
  • Atriplex elegans var. fasciculata (S. Watson) M.E. Jones, 1908
  • Atriplex elegans subsp. thornberi (M.E. Jones) W.L. Wagner, 1978
  • Atriplex elegans var. thornberi M.E. Jones, 1908
  • Atriplex elegans subsp. typica H.M. Hall & Clem., 1923
Synonyms
  • Obione elegans Moq.

Atriplex elegans is a species of saltbush known by the common name wheelscale saltbush, Mecca orach, or wheelscale. It is native to the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico, where it grows in areas of saline or alkaline soils, such as alkali flats and desert dry lakebeds.

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