Shadscale Saltbush, Sheepfat, Spiny Saltbush
Atriplex confertifolia
Synonyms: Atriplex collina, Atriplex jonesii, Atriplex subconferta
A branch of sheepfat showing the gray, narrow leaves and clustred inflorescences. Photographed at the picnic area for the Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument........May16, 2010.
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Spiny saltbush blooming along lower Arizona Creek at the eastern base of the Pueblo Mountains of southeastern Oregon.........June 1, 2012.
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Spiny saltbush as seen along the Domingo Pass Road near the eastern base of the Pueblo Mountains of southeastern Oregon.........May 31, 2012.
Paul Slichter