Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Amaranthaceae (Pigweed family)
Genus: Atriplex (Saltbush)
Atriplex hortensis L. - Garden Orache
Atriplex sagittata Borkh. - Purple Orache
Atriplex oblongifolia Waldst. & Kit. - Oblongleaf Orache
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb. - Russian Orache
Atriplex patula L. - Common Orache
Atriplex littoralis L. - Grass-Leaved Orache
Atriplex calotheca (Rafn) Fr. - Halberdleaf Orache
Atriplex prostrata DC. - Spear-Leaved Orache
Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondston - Babington's Orache
Atriplex rosea L. - Redscale
Atriplex longipes agg.
Atriplex longipes Drejer - Long-Stalked Orache
Atriplex praecox Hülph. - Early Orache
Atriplex tatarica agg.
Atriplex tatarica L. - Tatarian Orache
Atriplex laciniata L. - Frosted Orache
30–60 cm tall. plants: blue- or grey-green. inflorescence: clustered, in a spike-like to panicle-like whole-inflorescence. perianth: absent in ♀‑flowers. fruit sheath: fused up to 50 %,
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
coastal drift lines
in nutritious, moist to wet, periodically flooded, often saline habitats