Pronunciation: AT-ri-plex pol-ee-KAR-pa
Common name: Cattle spinach or Allscale
Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot)
Habitat: Alkaline soils below 5000', creosote bush scrub,
sagebrush and shadscale scrub, alkali sink
Blooming period: July to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Atriplex 2) polycarpa