Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Atriplex canescens (Pursh) James, Obione canescens

Common names:

Bushy atriplex (1899-1936) (5, 93, 131, 158)

Bushy saltsage [Bushy salt-sage] (1899, WY) (141)

Cenizo (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Chamiso (1856, Mexican) (147)

Chamiza (1937, TX) (124)

Four-wing saltbush [Fourwing saltbush] (1942-Present) (4, 50, 155)

Greasewood (1856) (147)

Sagebush [Sage bush] (1913) (5)

Shadscale [Shad scale] (1898-1977) (3, 97, 118, 153)