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Atriplex spinifera is a species of saltbush known by the common names spiny saltbush and spinescale saltbush. It is endemic to California, where it grows in dry habitat with saline soils, such as salt flats. Its distribution includes the Mojave Desert, the Central Valley, and surrounding mountain ranges. This is a grayish or whitish brambly shrub with erect branching stems growing to a maximum height near 2 meters. The tangled branches are stiff and tipped with spiny points. The leaves are oval in shape and less than 3 centimeters in length. The shrub is dioecious, with male and female individuals. The male flowers are small clusters in the leaf axils. The female flowers are solitary or borne in small clusters, and are enclosed in scaly leafs which become spherical as the fruit grows within.
Shrub
4 - 7 ft Tall
Cream
Spring
Hedge
Full Sun
Low
Saline flats, dry lakes
Alkali Sink, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 10 likely
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica
Western Pygmy Blue
Brephidium exilis
Saltbush Sootywing
Hesperopsis alpheus