Atriplex

...an annual plant of the Chenopodiaceae family (illustration) commonly found on the sandy coasts of northern Japan. In Honshu, it is common on the coasts along the Sea of ​​Japan side, and is also found in Korea, eastern Siberia, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The stem is 40-60 cm tall. It looks similar to Chenopodium album, but its leaves are thick and somewhat fleshy. The leaves are triangular-ovate to triangular-oblong-ovate, and often have irregular blunt sawtooth edges. They are 2-6 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide. The flowers are unisexual and monoecious. They flower from August to October, and are protoecious. Male and female flowers grow together to form a spike, and the female flowers have no perianth and are enclosed in two opposing bracts. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…北日本の海岸の砂地に普通にみられるアカザ科の一年草（イラスト）。本州では日本海側の海岸に多く，朝鮮，東シベリア，サハリン，千島列島にも分布する。茎は高さ40～60cm。外見はシロザに似ているが，葉は厚くやや多肉質である。葉は三角状卵形～三角状長卵形で，縁に欠刻状のふぞろいの鈍鋸歯があることが多い。長さ2～6cm，幅1～2.5cm。花は単性花で雌雄同株。花期は8～10月で，雄性先熟である。雄花と雌花は混生して穂をつくり，雌花は花被をもたず，2枚の向かいあった苞葉に包まれる。…

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