Genus Atriplex

Atriplex	canescens Four Wing Saltbush efloras
Atriplex canescens (greyish), Four Wing Saltbush has distinctive four winged fruits. Staminate and pistillate flowers occur on separate plants. Saltbush is a common species on dry, somewhat alkaline plains like the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado.
Atriplex	concertifolia Shadscale Saltbush efloras
Growing on alkaline soil near Mesquite Spring in Death Valley, California, Shadscale Saltbush, Atriplex concertifolia. Early leaves are alternate, length 10 mm, width 7mm, glisten with scales. Twigs are stiff, plant height 46 cm to 61 cm. Localized on the alkaline soils. One of four shrub species growing on the gravel fans and adjacent alkaline soils near mesquite spring, Death Valley, California, 1,750 Feet, March 16, 2007. Apparently recentlycold weather because the leaves are just coming out.
Atriplex	garrettii Garrett's Saltbush efloras
Garrett’s Saltbush, Atriplex Garrettii, common though scattered on gray shale slopes from 5,700 t0 7,200 feet, Book Cliffs, North of Palisade,Colorado. Plant height 1.2 meters, lower stems gray, woody, leaves fascicled in 3’s or alternate, seeds odd 2 winged V shaped configuration. leaves stem length 14 mm,w 8 mm. pods V width 9 mm. Grows on silty shale, but not on nearby sandstone substrate.
Atriplex	obovata New Mexico or Oval Leafed Saltbush efloras

Atriplex	hymenelytra efloras
Desert Holly, Atriplex hymenelytra, growing near Beatty Cutoff, Death Valley, 750 Feet, March 11, 2007. Gray green attractive shrub 46 cm high. leaves alterante, 20mm. long, 14 mm wide, twigs gray streaked with green.