About Neokochia americana (S.Watson) G.L.Chu & S.C.Sand.
Neokochia americana (S.Watson) G.L.Chu & S.C.Sand. is a squat dwarf shrub. It produces many sprawling, mostly unbranched stems that reach a maximum height close to 40 centimeters. The stems are covered in small, fleshy, knobby leaves that are less than 2 centimeters long, and both the stems and foliage may sometimes be slightly hairy. This species has leaf anatomy of the "C3 Neokochia americana type", which includes thick-walled aqueous tissue. Its white-woolly flowers grow either singly or in small clusters, and its fruiting perianth has 5 wings. Neokochia americana is native to the western United States, ranging from California to Montana to Texas. It grows in dry, alkaline soils, in habitats such as alkali flats and desert washes. Neokochia californica is a closely related species to Neokochia americana.
