Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAmaranthaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco
Intricately branched woody shrub to 60 cm, greenish, turning yellowish or whitish when dried, glabrous-glaucous, except the leaf axils. Leaves up to 10´2 (-2.5) mm, recurved, tapering from a clasping base into a rigid spine, woolly in the axils. Flowers 1-3 (-5) in each axil, exceeding the bracteoles; bracts up to c. 4 mm, spinescent. Perianth-segments c. 5 mm, linear, subspathulate, obtuse, ± denticulate at apex, coriaceous below, membranous above, the anterior one usually developing an up to 8 (-10) mm long spine at the back. Utricle ovoid, laterally compressed, erect; seed vertical.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 149
- With media
- 150
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Collections
- US, NY, MNHN, MO
- Recorded in
- Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Algeria, Mauritanie, Niger, AlgéRie, Lybie