Allenrolfea occidentalis (Iodine Bush, Pickleweed)

4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA 

4/3/17 Devil's Cornfield, DVNP

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Iodine Bush, Pickleweed

SPECIES: Allenrolfea occidentalis

FAMILY: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2017

LOCATION: Devil's Cornfield, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Shrub, 3--15 dm, glabrous; deciduous. 

Stem: erect or decumbent, many-branched, woody proximally, distally fleshy in age; jointed; joints (2)3--5(10) mm, 1--4.5 mm wide. 

Leaf: clasping, 2--4 mm, 2--3 mm wide, scale-like, triangular, margins entire, tip acute. 

Inflorescence: spike, 6--25 mm, cylindric; flowers spirally arranged in 3s or 5s; bracts deciduous, fleshy, peltate. 

Flower: bisexual, sessile; calyx 1--1.5 mm, 4--5-lobed, persistent, enclosing fruit; stamens 1--2, exserted; stigmas 2(3). 

Fruit: utricle, +- 1 mm, ovoid. 

Seed: erect, red-brown. 

Ecology: Flats, hummocks, in alkaline soils; 

Elevation: < 1450 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: GV, e SnFrB, s SNE, D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Jun--Aug 

eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, Leila M. Shultz & Dieter H. Wilken