Back Allenrolfea occidentalis CEB Allenrolfea occidentalis French Naʼashǫ́ʼii dootłʼizh (chʼil) NV Allenrolfea occidentalis Polish Allenrolfea occidentalis Swedish Allenrolfea occidentalis VI Allenrolfea occidentalis WAR
| Iodinebush | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Allenrolfea |
| Species: | A. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Allenrolfea occidentalis (S.Wats.) Kuntze
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Allenrolfea occidentalis, the iodine bush, is a low-lying shrub of the Southwestern United States, California, Idaho, and northern Mexico.[3]
It grows in sandy, often salty, distinctly alkaline soils, such as desert washes and saline dry lakebeds. It is a common halophyte member of the alkali flat ecosystem.[3]
- ^ "Allenrolfea occidentalis Wet Shrublan". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ a b Shultz, L.M.: 'eFloras 2008. Allenrolfea occidentalis in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.