Crownscale

(Atriplex coronata)

galery

Description

Atriplex coronata is an annual herb producing stiff erect or leaning straw-colored stems up to about 30 centimeters tall. The gray scaly leaves are one or two centimeters long.The flowers are generally oval shaped. The seeds are just over a millimeter long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Atriplex
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