Stutzia covillei explained

Stutzia covillei, the arrow-scale or Coville's orach, is an annual plant in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae) that grows in dry climates and deserts of the Southwestern United States.^[1] Formerly part of genus Atriplex and transferred to Stutzia in 2010.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Welsh, S.L. 2003. Atriplex covillei in Flora of North America Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
2. • Zacharias, E.H. & Baldwin, B.G. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of North American Atripliceae (Chenopodiaceae), with implications for floral and photosynthetic pathway evolution. Systematic botany, 35(4): 839-857. doi: 10.1600/036364410X539907. page 852.