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Allenrolfea occidentalis
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Allenrolfea occidentalis, the iodine bush, is a low-lying shrub of the Southwestern United States, California, Idaho, and northern Mexico.[2]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Allenrolfea |
Species: | A. occidentalis |
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Allenrolfea occidentalis (S.Wats.) Kuntze | |
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It grows in sandy, often salty, distinctly alkaline soils, such as desert washes and saline dry lakebeds. It is a common halophyte member of the alkali flat ecosystem.[2]