'Noel Holmgren (The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2] author), in Flora North America 4:261 (2003), has repositioned Monolepis pusilla Torr. ex S. Watson in the genus Micromonolepis, where the combination Micromonolepis pusilla (Torr. ex S. Watson) Ulbr. (in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed 2. 16c:499. 1934) already exists. ' Also: moved from Chenopodiaceae to Amaranthaceae
elev. 4400 ft. This is the beginning of a series of images of shrubby Atriplex. We start with winter aspect images. In this case we have an inflorescence branch. A. polycarpa fruit bracts are distinct in being small 'bracts in fruit 23 mm, fused proximally, spheric, minutely crenate to dentate, smooth to tubercled.'TJM2