Kochia americana

Taxobox
name = "Kochia americana"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
subfamilia = Chenopodioideae
genus = "Kochia"
species = "K. americana"
binomial = "Kochia americana"
binomial_authority = S.Wats.
synonym = "Bassia americana"

"Kochia americana" (syn. "Bassia americana") is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name green molly. It is native to the western United States from California to Montana to Texas, where it grows in dry, alkaline soils such as alkali flats and desert washes. This is a squat perennial herb or subshrub growing many sprawling, mostly unbranched stems to a maximum height near 40 centimeters. The stems are covered in small, fleshy, knobby leaves less than 2 centimeters long. The stems and foliage are sometimes slightly hairy. White-woolly flowers appear singly or in small clusters.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3084,3183,3184 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BAAM4 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242415477 Flora of North America]