Atriplex pentandra (Jacquin) Standley. Subgenus: Obione. Section: Obione. Subsection: Arenariae. Common name: Seabeach Orach. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Ocean beaches, island-end flats. Distribution: NC to FL, west to TX; Mexico; West Indies; South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This species and A. mucronata are closely related, and have been variously treated as species, subspecies, varieties, and forms.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA4, Mex, WH3; = Atriplex pentandra (Jacq.) Standl. ssp. pentandra; < Atriplex arenaria Nutt. — C, G, GW2, RAB, S, S13, Clemants (1992); < Atriplex cristata Humboldt and Bonpland ex Willd.; < Atriplex mucronata Raf. — K4; > Atriplex pentandra (Jacq.) Standl. — Tx; > Atriplex texana S.Watson — Tx; > Atriplex wardii Standl. — Tx; Axyris pentandra Jacquin. Basionym: Axyris pentandra Jacq. 1763
Links to other floras: = Atriplex pentandra - FNA4
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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