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Sands on the costland. – ?D: Sicilia (in herb. PAL, sine loco, sine lector) (Lojacono 1904: sub
A. dealbata); ?D: Vendicari, Cannatello di Agrigento (Frei 1937); ?D: Foce del Simeto (Brullo
& al. 1988). Species commonly not considered typical of the Sicilian flora. To be verified.
217. Atriplex patula L., Sp. Pl.: 1053 (1753) subsp. patula [A.patula var. angustifolia Sm.]
Uncultivated ground and fields, also along the roads. – “Ubique in Sicilia” e a Alicuri e Felicuri
(Gussone 1845: sub A. angustifolia); Lago di Lentini (Lopriore 1900); Alcamo (Ponzo 1903: sub
A. angustifolium Sm.); Passim Siciliae, Catania (Lojacono 1904: var. angustifolia + var. erecta);
Siracusa (Zodda 1929); Isola dei Porri (Albo 1959). – NC.
218. Atriplex patula subsp. macrodira (Guss.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 592 (1882 ) [Bas.
A. macrodira Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2 (2): 592 (1845)]
Uncultivated ground and cultivations, also along the roads. – Colture Palermo alla Grazia,
Misilmeri, Messina, Mirto, Boccadifalco (Gussone), Catania (Tineo) (Lojacono 1904);
Boccadifalco, Monregale, Catania (Gussone 1845: sub A. macrodira); Lago di Pergusa (Calvo &
al. 1995); Bronte raccolta nel 2003 (herb. Giardina PAL)! – NC.

* Atriplex patula subsp. producta (Guss.) Giardina & Raimondo stat. nov. [Bas. Atriplex
patula var. producta Guss., Enum. Pl. Inarim.: 282 (1855)]
Cultivated grasslands. – Reported by Nicotra (1878) for Milazzo, but never later confirmed. To
be confirmed. – ?RR.
219. Atriplex patula subsp. erecta (Huds.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 592 (1882 ) [Bas. A.
erecta Huds., Fl. Angl.: 376 (1762); A.patula var. patula sensu Lojac.; A. hastatum var.
patulum (L.) Fiori]
Uncultivated ground and cultivations, also along the roads. – S. Martino, Boccadifalco,
Ficarazzi e passim in Sicilia (Gussone 1845: sub A. erecta); Passim Siciliae, Catania (Lojacono
1904: var. angustifolia + var. erecta); Widely found by us in the surroundings of Cesarò (Nebrodi
Mountains)! – NC.

220. Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Franç. éd. 3, 3: 387 (1805)
subsp. prostrata [Syn. A. platisepala Guss.]
Nitrophilous, muddy lands, clayeys, sands in inner sites as well as beaches. – “In herbosis salsis
maritimis” Siracusa, Catania, Messina, Trapani (Gussone 1845: sub A. prostrata); Avola
(Bianca) (Gussone 1845: 878; Sferracavallo (Tineo) (Lojacono 1904). Trapani (Nicotra 1893 a);
Piana dei Greci, Corleone (Gussone) (Lojacono 1904). – Siracusa, Agosta, Spaccaforno
(Gussone 1845, Lojacono 1904). – CC.

221. Atriplex prostrata subsp. latifolia (Wahlenb.) Rauschert in Feddes Repert. 85 (9-10):
644 (1974) [Bas. Atriplex latifolia Wahlenb., Fl. Suec. 2: 660 (1826); A. hastata auct.
non L. nom. ambig.; “A. prostrata” sensu Guss. (1845); A. platysepala Guss. (1845);
Atriplex hastata var. hastata sensu Fiori (1923) = A. hastata var. macrotheca Raf.]
Mainly nitrophilous, and also in muddy and clayey ground, as well as sandy lands near the sea.
– Very common in Sicily; less frequent in muddy ground. Piana de’ Greci, Corleone (Gussone
1845: sub A. platysepala); Catania (Tornabene) (Gussone 1845: 878, sub A. platysepala). – CC.
222. Atriplex prostrata subsp. triangularis (Willd.) Rauschert in Feddes Repert. 85 (9-10):
644 (1974) [Bas. A. triangularis Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 963 (1806); A. hastata L. var. trian-
gularis (Willd.) Fiori; A. hastata Lojac. (1904)]