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Taxon:  Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson



Summary
Genus:
Atriplex
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
6035
Place of publication:
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9:117. 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 polycarpa Torr.

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Reference(s)
  1. Beatley, J. C. Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada. 1976
  2. Englert, J. M. et al. 2002. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  4. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
  5. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. Arizona flora, ed. 2. 1969
  6. Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
  7. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. A California flora. 1959
  8. Munz, P. A. A flora of southern California. 1974
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. 1964
  11. Standley, P. C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. 1920
  12. Welsh, S. L. & C. Crompton. 1995. Names and types in perennial Atriplex Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae) in North America selectively exclusive of Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 55:329.
Common names
English
cattle-spinach –
desert saltbush –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
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 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California, Sonora]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Englert, J. M. et al. 2002. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
Environmentalerosion control Englert, J. M. et al. 2002. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
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=6035. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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