Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt., 1818 35% complete

Four-wing saltbush

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 197 (1818)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Atriplex canescens, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (Pursh) Nutt. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 197 (1818) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1818 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Four-wing saltbush No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations WC. Canada to Mexico No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 100 cm
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 23 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 92, 241, 251, 296, 818, 882, 909
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Multiple Stem
  • Multiple Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Shrub
  • Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Rapid Differs from sources
Maximum height 190 cm
  • 190 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 92, 241, 251, 296, 818, 882, 909
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 63 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 296, 818, 882
Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 96, 444, 445, 822
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 9
  • pH 9 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6
  • pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 201 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record