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Title: Diversity of Parasitic Cuscuta and their Host Plant Species in a Larrea-Atriplex Ecotone.
Author: Simon A. Lei
Publication: Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences) (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2001
Publisher: Southern California Academy of Sciences
Volume: 100 Issue: 1 Page: 36

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A. nummularia is a grayish-white shrub growing to heights between 1.5 and 3 meters. The erect to spreading stems and twigs are scaly and striated. The thick leaves are oval to triangular, wavy and sometimes with dull teeth, and up to 6 or 7 centimeters long. The plant may be monoecious or dioecious. The male flowers are held in clusters or long spikes up to 20 centimeters long. The female flowers are held in the leaf axils or in terminal inflorescences, or sometimes are interspersed among the male clusters.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Atriplex semibaccata (Australian saltbush, Berry saltbush, Creeping saltbush) is native to Australia commonly found in coastal regions from Victoria to Cardwell in Queensland. It has a prostrate growing ground cover plant in the Amaranthaceae family that grows to around 180 cm wide and flowers year round. It is tolerant of saline and dry conditions making it commonly used as an animal feed source in poorer agricultural areas.It produces small red berries that are edible and in large proportions can be used to make jam.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Atriplex vesicaria subsp. variabilis is subspecies of Bladder Saltbush endemic to Australia.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.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.It grows in loam and clay, on coastal dunes and salt lakes; it has a fairly wide distribution, occurring in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.