Pronunciation: AT-ri-plex ko-VIL-ee-eye
Common name: Arrowscale
Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot)
Habitat: Creosote bush scrub, alkali sink, west
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Atriplex
2) covillei
Formerly Atriplex phyllostegia