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Atriplex hymenelytra
About
Atriplex hymenelytra, the desert holly, is silvery-whitish-gray shrub in the family Amaranthaceae, native to deserts of the southwestern United States. It is the most drought tolerant saltbush in North America. It can tolerate the hottest and driest sites in Death Valley, and remains active most of the year.
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Atriplex hymenelytra
- Slug
- atriplex-hymenelytra
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
- Species
- hymenelytra
- Wikidata QID
- Q4817592
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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