Common Names: Quail Bush, Big Saltbrush, Big Saltbush, Quailbrush, Lenscale, Lenscale Saltbush White Thistle
Synonyms: Atriplex lentiformis
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth/Goosefoot Family)
Habit: Perennial Shrub
Size: up to 9 feet
Flowers: Pink , Yellow , Green
Bloom: June, July
Leaves: alternate
Fruit: Achene
Description: Atriplex lentiformis is a spreading, communal shrub reaching one to three meters in height and generally more in width. It is highly branched and bears scaly or scurfy gray-green leaves up to 5 centimeters long and often toothed or rippled along the edges. This species may be dioecious or monoecious, with individuals bearing either male or female flowers, or sometimes both. Male flowers are borne in narrow inflorescences up to 50 centimeters long, while inflorescences of female flowers are smaller and more compact. Plants can change from monoecious to dioecious and from male to female and vice versa.
Distribution: AZ, CA, HI, NV, UT
Seen: LV
Habitat: low alkaline, riparian areas
