Atriplex tatarica var. pamirica (Iljin) G. L. Chu

Annual up to 30(50) cm, branched at the base with ascending stems but not forming tumble-weed habit at the fruiting stage. Stems and leaves covered with white and brown bladder hairs. Leaves grey on both sides, oblong or spatulate, entire or crisp. Inflorescence leafy. Bract-like cover enclosing the female flowers 3.0–7.0 mm long, rhombic, entire or dentate with concrescent (up to 1/3–1/2) valves, valves sessile or pedicellate (pedicels up to 3 mm), sclerified and inflated in the lower part, abaxial surface smooth or with two small outgrowths. Seeds heteromorphic: red seeds convex, 1.0–1.7 mm, brown seeds flattened, 1.2–1.8 mm.

See Fig. 17.