Lagoon Saltbush

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Atriplex suberecta

Sprawling subshrub with scaly stems to 60 cm long. Thin oval to diamond-shaped toothed leaves with no stem or a short stem up to 3 cm long. The male and female flowers in clusters at the junctions of leaf and stem, the males higher on the plant. Fruiting bracteoles without stem, powdery, diamond-shaped, 3-5 mm long and wide with 3-7 short teeth.

Details
Flora Type
Chenopods
Other Common Names
Sprawling Saltbush
Distinctive Features

A subshrub with leaves powdery grey from hairs on leaves, occasionally top of leaf without hairs.
Biology

Annual or perennial. Male and female structures separate on same plant.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Fruits most of the year
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Atriplex
Species
suberecta

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Naturalised in some countries, considered a noxious weed in some countries. Seeds and possibly leaves of some species were used as food by Aboriginal people. Listed as vulnerable in Tasmania.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Very similar to Atriplex muelleri.
Native Status
Native