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Hopsage

Grayia

Also called Hop Sages

Hopsage
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)

About

Grayia is a genus of plants in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae. Common names are siltbush and hopsage. The four shrubby species occur in arid and semiarid regions of western North America:

Where it grows

The genus Grayia is native in the western United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Some species are of limited range. The genus grows in arid or semiarid regions on heavy clay, sandy loams, on alkaline or scarcely alkaline soils. Although overlapping in ranges, the species differ in the preferred soils.

Other Grayia plants

Spiny hopsage

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grayia (plant) by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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