I. Friis & M.G. Gilbert (1993) Atriplex. Flora of Somalia 1: 130-131
Plants annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, most parts usually with nearly white vesicular hairs; monoecious or dioecious. Leaves usually alternate, petiolate, and wide. Inflorescences composed of axillary clusters of flowers, often aggregated into terminal panicles or spikes. Flowers unisexual; male flowers witout bracteoles, globose in bud; perianths 3-5-lobed; stamens 3-5; pistils rudimentary; female flowers composed of a naked ovary enclosed by 2 bracteoles; stigmas 2. Fruits enclosed by the accrescent, often modified bracteoles; pericarp membranous; seeds vertical, with endosperm; testa usually thin and hard; embryos annular.
Atriplex includes about 250 species. They grow primarily in deserts, saline habitats, and on waste ground throughout temperate and warm areas of the world. They are particularly numerous in Australia. There are three species in Somalilanand Somalia.
Note: GBIF records include introduced and cultivated plants. Consequently, the distribution shown often differs from statements about a taxon's native distribution.