Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Family: Chenopodiaceae
Common Name: greasewood
Symbol: SAVE4
Description: Shrub, 1-2(-5) m; proximal branches rarely in contact with ground. Leaves mostly solitary on elongate shoots of current season; blade bright green to yellowish green, somewhat flattened, 1.5-4 cm, usually glabrous or slightly pubescent, some subtending thorn. Pistillate flowers and staminate spikes mostly on long lateral branches with 3-9 readily visible internodes; staminate spikes typically 11-40 mm. Fruits 3-5 mm, tapered at ends; wing 0.7-1.4 cm diam.