Saltbush (Atriplex spp.).
This is a secondary selenium accumulator that grows on dry soils. It is a perennial woody shrub that is more or less scaly and scurfy. The leaves are mostly alternate. The plants are dioecious with staminate flowers in terminal panicles without bracts. The characteristic fruits have four wings that are entire or deeply cut, giving rise to the common name "four-wing saltbush."
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