Micromonolepis pusilla
(S. Watson) Ulbr. in Engl. & Prantl
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Red Dwarf-Poverty-Weed
FNA
Resources
Noel H. Holmgren in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Plants
rounded, slender, 0.4-1.4(-2) dm.
Stems
with several lateral, dichotomously branched, flowering branches; herbage often reddish, farinose when young, becoming glabrate.
Leaves
2.5-8.5 × 0.2-2(-2.5) mm; proximal usually early deciduous.
Perianth segments
much-reduced, white-farinose.
Utricles
0.6-0.8 mm; pericarp brownish.
Flowering spring-summer. Alkaline flats; 1000-1500(-2100) m; Calif., Colo., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Micromonolepis pusilla
is common in the western Great Basin of the United States.
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