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Desert-Holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
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Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)

General: Desert-Holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra) is an upright, rounded shrub with arrowhead-shaped, silvery-gray-green leaves. The plants are male and female, each with its own type of flower. Female plants put on reddish flower clusters and distinctive fruits that look like a stack of two coins. Male plants put on nondescript, greenish flowers.

Desert-Holly Saltbush plants are male and female, but the difference is only visible in the flowers ... and only the females produce fruits and seeds.

Desert-holly is a common component of shrub communities on alkaline and saline soils at low elevations in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub) life zone.

Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra) Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra) Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra) Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra) Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Leaves
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Leaves
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Leaves
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Leaf
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Leaves
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Leaves
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Leaf, upper surface
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Leaf, upper surface
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Leaf, lower surface
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Leaf, lower surface
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Stems are white
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Female plant in bloom
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Female flowers
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Female flowers
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Female flowers
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Female flowers
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Female flowers
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Female flowers
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Developing fruits on female plant
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Developing fruits on female plant
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Male and female plants together
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Male and female plants together
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Female plant with developing fruits
Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Male plant
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Male flowers
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Male flowers
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Male flowers
Desert-holly (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Male flowers

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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