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Herbarium specimen: Atriplex patula

Taxon:Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex patula L. ("Common Orache")
Other name:Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. ("Spear-leaved Orache")
Filed in taxon folder:Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. ("Spear-leaved Orache")
Collected by:William West (Bradford)
Collection date:9/1886
Locality:Great Britain, VC63 South-west Yorkshire, Frizinghall, SE13
ex herb:Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Atriplex patula herbarium specimen from Frizinghall, VC63 South-west Yorkshire in 1886 by William West (Bradford).
notes:Greenish flowers. Perianth of female of 2 deltoid cuneate bracts. Striped stem.
[collector may be W West]
Filing note:A. hastata ??

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Documented by mossysal following initial work by oldnick on 8th September 2010.

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