Latin name: Atriplex glauca L.
  Pronunciation:
AT-ri-plex GLAW-ka

  Common name: Waxy saltbush
  Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot)
  Habitat: Upper Newport Bay, vouchers also from
  Liebre Mts, Carlsbad, Encinitas, naturalized from
  Europe

  Blooming period: Late summer and fall
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Atriplex
  2) glauca
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