Vegetation Around Las Vegas, Desert-holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)

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Desert-Holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Shrubs Around Las Vegas, Vegetation Around Las Vegas

General: Desert-Holly Saltbush (Atriplex hymenelytra) is an upright, rounded shrub with arrowhead-shaped, silvery-gray-green leaves. The plants are male and female, each with its own type of flower. Female plants put on reddish flower clusters and distinctive fruits that look like a stack of two coins. Male plants put on nondescript, greenish flowers.

Desert-Holly Saltbush plants are male and female, but the difference is only visible in the flowers ... and only the females produce fruits and seeds.

Desert-holly is a common component of shrub communities on alkaline and saline soils at low elevations in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub) life zone.





Leaves	Leaves
Leaves	Leaf
Leaves	Leaves
Leaf, upper surface	Leaf, upper surface
Leaf, lower surface	Leaf, lower surface
Stems are white	Female plant in bloom
Female flowers	Female flowers
Female flowers	Female flowers
Female flowers	Female flowers
Developing fruits on female plant	Developing fruits on female plant
Male and female plants together	Male and female plants together
Female plant with developing fruits	Male plant
Male flowers	Male flowers
Male flowers	Male flowers

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
; Last updated 240913

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