Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Atriplex vesicaria" subsp. "variabilis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
genus = "Atriplex"
species = "A. vesicaria"
subspecies = "A. vesicaria" subsp. "variabilis"
trinomial = "Atriplex vesicaria" subsp. "variabilis"
trinomial_authority = Parr-Sm.

"Atriplex vesicaria" subsp. "variabilis" is subspecies of Bladder Saltbush endemic to Australia.

Description

It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, with entire margins, ten to 15 millimetres long, and 4 to 6 millimetres wide.cite book | author = Wilson, Paul G. | year = 1984 | chapter = Chenopodiaceae | title = "Flora of Australia", Volume 4: Phytolaccaceae to Chenopodiaceae | location = Canberra | publisher = Australian Government Publishing Service]

Taxonomy

The species was first published by Geoffrey Parr-Smith in Paul G. Wilson's 1984 treatment of the genus for the "Flora of Australia" series.APNI | name = "Atriplex vesicaria" subsp. "variabilis" Parr-Sm. | id = 59369]

Distribution and habitat

It grows in loam and clay, on coastal dunes and salt lakes;FloraBase | name = "Atriplex vesicaria" subsp. "variabilis" Parr-Smith | id = 11551] it has a fairly wide distribution, occurring in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

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