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In solonchaks. West. Sib.: AL-Ba.—European part of USSR (southeast), Middle Asia.—Described from Middle Asia.

2. A. crassifolia C.A. Meyer 1829 in Ledeb., Icon. PI. FI. Ross. 1: 11. Annual plant 10-75 cm tall. Stems numerous, prostrate or ascending,

green or reddish, terete or finely ribbed, covered with peeling farinaceous bloom. Leaves alternate, 2-4.5 cm long, 2-4 cm broad, deltoid-rhombic, distinctly, fleshy, glaucous, covered with farinaceous bloom, petiole as long as blade or 1/2. Inflorescence spicate panicle. Flowers in compact glomerules

153 in leaf axils and at ends of branches. Bracteoles broadly rhombic, farinaceous, short-dentate along margin. Seeds dimorphic: black 1.2-1.5 mm in diam. and cinnamon 1.5-2 mm in diam. Plate XIX (la, b). In Novosibirsk province (Karasuk town), 2 n = 18.