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17. Atriplex tatarica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1053. 1753.

鞑靼滨藜 da da bin li

Herbs annual, 20-80 cm tall. Stem erect or decumbent, usually much branched, bark of lower stem exfoliating; branches slender, obliquely spreading. Petiole short or to 2 cm; leaf blade linear-oblong to triangular-ovate, 2-7 × 1-4 cm, abaxially densely gray-white furfuraceous, adaxially green and not furfuraceous, base cuneate to broadly so, margin irregularly serrate, sinuately lobed, remotely toothed, or entire, apex acute or shortly acuminate, with pellucid tip. Inflorescences axillary glomerules forming panicles on upper stem and branches; rachis densely furfuraceous. Male flowers: perianth obconic, 5-parted; stamens 5; anthers oblong. Fruiting bracts connate proximally, rhombic-ovate to ovate, basal central part yellow-white with prominent veins, sometimes with a few tuberculate appendages, margins ± dentate. Utricle ovoid or subglobose, compressed; pericarp white, membranous, adnate to seed. Seed vertical, yellow-brown to red-brown, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam.; perisperm yellow-brown, solid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

Saline and alkaline deserts, Gobi desert, wet plains, sometimes on field margins. W Gansu, N Qinghai, Xinjiang, Xizang [Mongolia, N Pakistan, Russia (Siberia); N Africa, C and SW Asia, Europe; naturalized in many other regions of the world].


1 Upper cauline leaf blade oblong to triangular-ovate, margin irregularly serrate or sinuately lobed.   17a var. tatarica
+ Upper cauline leaf blade linear-oblong, oblong, or narrowly triangular, margin entire or remotely toothed.   17b var. pamirica


 

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