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

Common names:

• shadscale   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• sheepfat   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• spiny saltbush   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - North Dakota, South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon [e.], Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
  Mexico [n.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Bassett, I. J. et al. 1983. The genus Atriplex in Canada. Monogr. Res. Branch Canada Dept. Agric. 31:17.
• Beatley, J. C. 1976. Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Harrington, H. 1954. Manual of the plants of Colorado.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Munz, P. A. 1974. A flora of southern California.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
• 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.
• Welsh, S. L. & G. Moore. 1973. Utah Plants.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Atriplex confertifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Atriplex confertifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Atriplex confertifolia.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Obione confertifolia Torr. & Frém. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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