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Taxon:  Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frem.) S. Watson



Summary
Genus:
Atriplex
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
6004
Place of publication:
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9:119. 1874
Verified:
06/20/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Obione confertifolia Torr. & Frem.

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Reference(s)
  1. Bassett, I. J. et al. 1983. The genus Atriplex in Canada. Monogr. Res. Branch Canada Dept. Agric. 31:17.
  2. Beatley, J. C. Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada. 1976
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Harrington, H. Manual of the plants of Colorado. 1954
  6. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
  7. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  9. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. Arizona flora, ed. 2. 1969
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  11. Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
  12. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. A California flora. 1959
  13. Munz, P. A. A flora of southern California. 1974
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
  16. Standley, P. C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. 1920
  17. Welsh, S. L. & C. Crompton. 1995. Names and types in perennial Atriplex Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae) in North America selectively exclusive of Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 55:325.
  18. Welsh, S. L. & G. Moore. Utah Plants. 1973
Common names
English
shadscale –
sheepfat –
spiny saltbush –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
2Cultivated     
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [North Dakota, South Dakota]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=6004. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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