Species category

Revegetation or Rangeland, Shrub or Tree

Common name

antelope bitterbrush

Diagnostic characters

Identification notes

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
smooth and without attachments. BasalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
end pointed, apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
round. If the acheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
loses its outer coat (pericarpPericarp:
Fruit wall; derived from the ovary wall.
), the enclosed seed is smooth.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature