greasewood Chenopodiaceae Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Leaf:Alternate, strap-like, somewhat fleshy, to 1 1/2 inches long, yellow-green to blue-green, may be slightly pubescent.
Flower:Species is monoecious, female flowers are solitary or in clusters in leaf axils, males in reddish-green spikes at the branch tips; appearing spring to early summer.
Fruit:A one-seeded achene 1/3 inch wide with a papery wing, light green and ripening to red-brown; ripening in early fall.
Twig:White, terminating in a thorn; sometimes with thorns subtending leaves.
Bark:Initially white, becoming gray-brown and smooth.
Form:A spiny shrub to 10 feet tall.

leaf twig bark form map

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