''Stutzia covillei'', the arrow-scale or Coville's orach, is an annual plant in the

amaranth ''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants. Catkin-like cymes of densely pack ...

family ( Amaranthaceae) that grows in dry climates and deserts of the

Southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...

. Formerly part of genus ''Atriplex'' and transferred to ''Stutzia'' in 2010.* Zacharias, E.H. & Baldwin, B.G. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of North American Atripliceae (Chenopodiaceae), with implications for floral and photosynthetic pathway evolution. ''Systematic botany'', 35(4): 839-857. doi: 10.1600/036364410X539907. page 852.

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Chenopodioideae Flora of the California desert regions Plants described in 1918 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Amaranthaceae-stub