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§1 Plant — species · Chenopodiaceae

Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A. Meeuse & Smit

vernacular winterfat


USDA
KRLA2
GBIF
6447601
Rank
species
winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata)
Platephotograph · lonnyholmesCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Genus
Krascheninnikovia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
High
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-52 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
6–20 in/yr
pH range
6.6–8.5
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
2 ft
Height @ 20 y
1 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
White-Gray
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
White
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
110,729
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
High
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 35 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/KRLA2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/6447601 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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