Atriplex argentea Nutt. 1818
in The Genera of North American Plants 1: 198
silverscale saltbush, Silber-Melde

Basionym: Atriplex argentea Nutt. 1818 l. c.

Originaldiagnose oder -beschreibung:
"5. * argentea. Stem herbaceous, erect; leaves deltoid, subcordata, somewhat obtuse, entire, on both sides canescently furfuraceous and shining; fruit subpedunculate, oval, compressed, and obtuse, margin acutely toothed.
OBS. About a foot high ans considerably branched. Leaves a little attenuated on the petiole, uppermost subsessile. Fruit axillary, nearly naked on the back. Allied to A. sibirica? HAB. On sterile and saline places near the Missouri. ☉"

Kennzeichen:

☉ Nord- und Mittelamerika, auch gefunden in Finnland (1940); Grasland, Steppen, Ruderal, Bahngelände, salztolerant. Bis 80 cm hoch. Laubblätter deltaförmig, Rand flach gebuchtet, jung silbergrau bemehlt, älter mehr graugrün. Blüten geknäuelt. Vorblättter rundlich bis rhomboid, etwas breiter als hoch, Rand gezahnt, dorsal manchmal mit Protuberanzen. Samen 1,5-2 mm, braun.

Skizze (verändert) nach Britton & Brown (1913).

Wichtige Synonyme:

Obione argentea (Nutt. ex S. Watson) Moq. 1840
in Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio: 76




Subspezifische Taxa:

Atriplex argentea var. expansa (S. Watson) S. L. Welsh & Reveal 2004 in Novon 14: 509

Atriplex argentea subsp. expansa (S. Watson) H. M. Hall & Clem. 1923 in Phylogenetic Method in Taxonomy: 284


Atriplex argentea var. mohavensis (M. E. Jones) S. L. Welsh 2003 in Flora of North America: North of Mexico 4: 351

Atriplex expansa S. Watson 1874 in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (n. ser.) 9: 116


Atriplex expansa var. mohavensis M. E. Jones 1903 in Contributions to Western Botany 11: 20






Atriplex expansa var. trinervata (Jeps.) J. F. Macbr. 1918
in Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 53: 9



Atriplex mohavensis (M. E. Jones) Standl. 1916
in North American Flora 21: 47


Atriplex sordida Standl. 1916
in North American Flora 21: 47





Atriplex trinervata Jeps. 1892
in Pittonia 2: 305



•  Atriplex argentea var. hillmanii M. E. Jones 1903
in Contributions to Western Botany 11: 21


Atriplex hillmanii (M. E. Jones) Standl. 1916
in North American Flora 21: 48



•  Atriplex argentea var. longitrichoma (Stutz & G. L. Chu & S. C. Sand.) S. L. Welsh 2001 ("200")
in Rhodora 102: 421

Atriplex longitrichoma Stutz, G. L. Chu & S. C. Sand. 1999 ("1998")
in Madroño 45: 128


Literatur:

•  Britton, N. L., Brown, A. (1913): An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions 2. - New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.