Description
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Subshrubs, 20-60 cm tall. Stems erect, much branched; bark gray-brown to gray-white; branchlets light yellow, slender, ribbed. Leaves gray-green, linear, compressed, 0.8-1.5 cm × 1-1.5 mm, base attenuate into a short petiole, apex obtuse. Glomerules inserted on petiole, usually 5-10-flowered. Flowers bisexual. Perianth green, subglobose, fleshy; segments oblong to ovate, distinctly veined, margin membranous, apex cucullate. Stamens 5; anthers oblong to broadly ovate, ca. 0.8 mm. Style obscure; stigmas 2 or 3. Seed horizontal or vertical, sublustrous, not pitted. Fl. Jun.
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Habitat & Distribution
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Rocky slopes, deserts. N Xinjiang [C Asia, SW Asia (Caucasus)].
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Synonym
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Schoberia dendroides C. A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. 159. 1831; Chenopodina dendroides (C. A. Meyer) Moquin-Tandon.
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