Species

Atriplex sagittata Borkh.

Purple Orache

Amaranthaceae

Traits


    60–150 cm tall. inflorescence: clustered, in a spike-like to panicle-like whole-inflorescence. ♀‑flowers: the vertical without perigone and with large prophylls, the horizontal with a 4–5‑lobed perigone and small prophylls. fruit sheath: fused only at the base, oval,...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Atriplex sagittata

Legend

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.

Distribution in Germany

Atriplex sagittata

Legend

Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Atriplex sagittata

Atriplex sagittata

Status

  • archaeophyte

Habitat

  • riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, ruderal vegetation

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