Atriplex Atriplex, Drejer

19. A. longipes Drejer , FI. Excurs. Hafn. 107 (1838).

Procumbent to erect, colour variable. Lower leaves triangular-hastate and somewhat cuneate at base, to oblong. Bracteoles up to 5-20 mm, at least some distinctly stalked, triangular to rhombic, usually entire, smooth or muricate on the back. Large seeds usually numerous. 2/2= 18. Maritime. Coasts of the Baltic and arctic Russia; recently found to be widespread in the British Isles, andprobably also occurring elsewhere in W. & N. W. Europe. Br Da Fe Po Rs (N) Su [No].

Often confused with 17 and 18. In Britain it has commonly been called A. patula var. bracteosa .

In the Baltic and arctic Russia many subspecies of, or species related to 19 have been described. Most of these are sympatric and are probably more correctly treated as variants of this species or as intermediates between 19 and other taxa in this group. Those generally recognized in recent floras are:

A. longipes Drejer sensu stricto. Inflorescence leafless; bracteoles 5-20 mm, nearly all with stalk up to 30 mm long.

A. longipes subsp. kattegatensis Turesson , Lunds Univ. Ârsskr. nov. ser. (2), 21: 4 (1925). Inflorescence leafy almost to apex; bracteoles 5-20 mm with stalk 3-10 mm long.

A. praecox Hülphers in Lindman, Svensk Fanerogamfl. 228 (1918). Leaves oblong-ovate or lanceolate-elliptical, entire or with small basal teeth; bracteoles 3-6 mm, entire, 1 -veined, at least some distinctly stalked.

A. nudicaulis Boguslaw. , Lesn. Zur. 1: 30 (1846). Leaves oblong-deltate, dentate; bracteoles 3-6 mm, entire, 3-veined with a reticulum of secondary veins, at least some distinctly stalked.

A. lapponica Pojark. , FI. Murmansk. Obi. 3: 365 (1956). Lower leaves lanceolate to hastate, somewhat cuneate at base; inflorescence leafless, the cymes dense, remote, almost forming whorls; bracteoles (5—)7—8(—20) mm, dentate, at least some stalked.

A. kuzenevae N. Semen , in Pojark., FI. Murmansk. Obi. 3: 366 (1956). Lower leaves ovate-hastate, somewhat cuneate at base; inflorescence leafy; bracteoles 4-5-8 mm, sinuate-dentate, rarely almost entire, distinctly 1 -veined, red-violet on the margin, at least some stalked.