Atriplex argentea

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Atriplex argentea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. argentea
Binomial name
Atriplex argentea

Atriplex argentea is a species of saltbush known by the common names silverscale saltbush and silver orache. [1] [2] It is native to western North America from southern Canada to northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, generally on saline soils. [2] [3]

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Description

Atriplex argentea is an annual herb producing branching stems which spread out low to the ground or reach erect to maximum heights approaching 80 centimeters. [3] The leaves are triangular to roughly oval in shape and 1 to 4 centimeters long. [3] The stems and leaves are coated in gray scales. [2] [3]

The inflorescences are rough clusters of tiny flowers, with male and female flowers in separate clusters. [2]

Uses

Among the Zuni people, a poultice of chewed root is applied to sores and rashes. An infusion of the root is also taken for stomachache. [4]

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References

  1. USDA Plants Profile: Atriplex argentea
  2. 1 2 3 4 Flora of North America
  3. 1 2 3 4 Jepson Manual Treatment - Atriplex argentea
  4. Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, p.384