Atriplex patula

Atriplex patula (spear saltbush; common orache; spear orach; spreading orach; /ˈɒrə/[1]) is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions.

Atriplex patula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. patula
Binomial name
Atriplex patula
Atriplex patula, female flower with bracteoles and seed

Although it is commonly asserted that Atriplex patula has been naturalized in North America only since the eighteenth century,[2][3] seeds ascribed to this species occur on the west coast of North America in buried marsh deposits that predate European contact.,[4][5]

References

  1. "orache". Oxford English Dictionary third edition. Oxford University Press. June 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. Atriplex patula in Flora of North America
  3. USDA PLANTS Profile
  4. Sherrod BL, 2001. Geological Society of America Bulletin 113, 1299-1311.
  5. Milker Y, et al., 2016. Quaternary Science Reviews 142, 143-163.


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