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Shrub, erect; generally monoecious.
Stem: branches many, 90° to main stem, thorny, generally interlocking, generally thorn-tipped.
Leaf: many, simple, cauline, generally alternate, deciduous, sessile, ± linear, flattened to subcylindric, fleshy; stipules 0.
Inflorescence: staminate spikes cylindric, dense, erect, terminal; pistillate flowers 1–4, axillary; bracts leaf-like.
Staminate flower: perianth 0, stamens 1–4, sessile on spike axis, concealed by peltate, angular, persistent, spirally arranged bracts.
Pistillate flower: carpels 2, fused, stigmas 2, ovary 1/2 inferior; perianth cup-like, fused to ovary, persistent, forming wing in fruit.
Fruit: achene, tapering above encircling, irregularly-edged wing; ± glabrous.
Seed: coat thin; embryo coiled, green.
1 genus, 2 species: to w Can, Great Plains, n Mex. [Cuienoud et al. 2002 Amer J Bot 89:132–144] Formerly treated in Chenopodiaceae. —Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin.
Unabridged references: [Sanderson et al. 1999 Great Basin Naturalist 59:301–314]

(Greek: fleshy bramble)

Plant 5–21 dm, erect (± spheric).
Stem: ± yellow-cream to ± white or light gray.
n=18,36. Alkaline soils, dry lakes, washes, scrub, roadsides; 100–2300 m. Great Basin Floristic Province, Mojave Desert;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.