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Leafcover Saltweed
Stutzia covillei
  
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About Leafcover Saltweed (Stutzia covillei) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Atriplex phyllostegia is a species of saltbush known by the common names arrowscale, leafcover saltweed, and Truckee orach. It is native to the western United States from California to Utah, where it grows in meadow bottoms and areas with saline soils such as dry or ephemeral lakes. This is an annual herb with a mainly erect branching green stem growing up to 40 centimeters tall. The distinctive leaves are fleshy and diamond or arrowhead-shaped and 1 to 4 centimeters long. The plant is generally monoecious, although some individuals bear only female flowers. Male and female flowers appear in the leaf axils, and the male flowers are sometimes borne in spikelike flower clusters. The female flower clusters are enclosed in leafeoles which may be up to 2 centimeters long and resemble the leaves.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb

Size
Size
0.33 - 1.3 ft tall

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 10 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Pholisora catullus Image
Common Sootywing Pholisora catullusPholisora catullus
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Brephidium exilis Image
Western Pygmy Blue Brephidium exilisBrephidium exilis
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Hesperopsis libya Image
Mohave Sootywing Hesperopsis libyaHesperopsis libya
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Plebejus emigdionis Image
San Emigdio Blue Plebejus emigdionisPlebejus emigdionis
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Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
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Autographa californica Image
Alfalfa Looper Moth Autographa californicaAutographa californica
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Pero meskaria Image
Meske's Pero Moth Pero meskariaPero meskaria

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Saline meadows, flats

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.2" - 12.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 1.30", Coldest Month: 28.7" - 55.0", Hottest Month: 60.2" - 84.2", Humidity: 1.37" - 37.96", Elevation: 70" - 7029"

Alternative Names
Botanical Names: Atriplex covillei
Common Names: Arrow Saltbush, Arrow Saltweed, Arrowscale, Truckee Orach


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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