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Winterfats
Krascheninnikovia
Krascheninnikovia is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae known as winterfat, so-called because it is a nutritious livestock forage. They are known from Eurasia and western North America. These are hairy perennials or small shrubs which may be monoecious or dioecious. They bear spike inflorescences of woolly flowers.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Winterfat
speciesKrascheninnikovia lanata
Pamirian Winterfat
speciesKrascheninnikovia ceratoides
Krascheninnikovia ewersmanniana
speciesKrascheninnikovia ewersmanniana
Krascheninnikovia fruticulosa
speciesKrascheninnikovia fruticulosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52115.