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Seed-producing flower (en 

 larged) 



Pollen-producing 

 (enlarged) 



flower 



Seed-producing plant 



Fourwing saltbush 



Pollen-producing plant \i 



20. Plants without sagebrush odor or taste, usually 



salty to taste; branches spreading; twigs pale 

 straw-colored to white-scurfy with branlike 

 scales, often becoming sharp- or spiny-tipped; 

 leaves white-scurfy, narrowly oblong, to 2 



inches long and % inch wide; scaly winter buds 

 lacking; pollen- and seed-producing flowers 

 usually on separate plants; fruits 4-winged, 

 clustered and persistent along end twigs; much- 



