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- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Hula Plain (V. Rare)
- Upper Galilee (Rare)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Rare)
- Mt. Carmel (V. Rare)
- Esdraelon Plain (V. Rare)
- Acco Plain (Common)
- Coast of Carmel (V. Common)
- Sharon Plain (Rare)
- Philistean Plain (V. Rare)
- Samaria (V. Rare)
- Shefela (V. Rare)
- Judean Mountains (Rare)
- Dead-Sea Valley (V. Rare)
- Northern Negev (V. Rare)
- Edom (V. Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
This species seems to be absent from the Flora Palaestina area. Whole plants with ripe fruits should be studied again.
Family
Additional Names
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- מַלּוּחַ מְפֻשָּׂק
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Atriplex patula
- Petal or tepal color:
- green
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Staminate and pistillate flowers (monoecious)
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Heterosporic + heterocarpic
- Flowering Time:
- August, October, July, June, November, September
- Leaf arrangement:
- alternate (one leaf per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- dentate or serrate, smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Humid habitats, Disturbed habitats, Salty habitats
- Chorotype:
- Euro-Siberian - Med - Irano-Turanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- halophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus:
- Atriplex
Atriplex prostrata in the Botanic Library
Books
- The Compass Atriplex species
מתוך: Plant Stories