fat-hen

(creeping saltbush)
Atriplex prostrata

Member of saltbushes (genus Atriplex)
saltbush subfamily (subfamily Chenopodioideae)
amaranth family (family Amaranthaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• annual, 10–120 cm tall
• leaf green, glabrous to sparsely fine-scaly
• pistillate flowers with ± no calyx
• seed generally erect/vertical between 2 bracts
• one of the more common of the saltbushes

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora