Atriplex nogalensis Friis & M.G.Gilbert

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type

N2, 15 km NE of Garoowe (8°30’N, 48°30’E), Hansen & Heemstra 6306 (K holo., C MOG WAG iso.)

Morphology General Habit

Shrub to 60 cm high, much branched; all parts densely mealy, whitish to silvery, glabrescent with age

Morphology Leaves

Leaves opposite to subopposite; petiole 2–6 mm; leaf-blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 6–15(–23) x 4–8 mm, base cuneate, tip rounded or apiculate, margin entire

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence a terminal few-branched panicle, flowers in ± separated clusters of 1–2 female plus 2–5 male

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Male flowers 1–1.5 mm in diam. Female pedicels 1–2 mm; bracteoles rhomboidal, 5–8 x 3–7 mm, base attenuate into pedicel, joined to just below widest point, tip rounded, margin with 3–6 small rounded teeth each side, at least some develop 1–3 regular, sometimes cylindrical dorsal appendages or tubercles near base, these up to 2 mm long.

Distribution

N1–3; E Ethiopia

Ecology

Altitude range 380–610 m.

Note

This species has been referred to in herbaria as A. sp. cfr. A. coriacea Forssk. A. coriacea has been recorded from Assab in Eritrea by Beccari, but the record has not been confirmed. A. coriacea is otherwise restricted to the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It differs from A. nogalensis in the more robust habit, the larger leaves and the wider and denser inflorescences.