Chenopodiaceae
Fourwing saltbush
Atriplex canescens
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- رغل مبيض, رغل أمريكي
- arz
- رغل مبيض
- Chinese
- 四翅滨藜, 四翅濱藜
- English
- Fourwing saltbush
- Hebrew
- מלוח מאפיר
- Macedonian
- Седа лобода
- nv
- Díwózhii łibáhígíí
- Persian
- سلمکی سفید
Synonyms
- Atriplex angustior Cockerell
- Atriplex berlandieri Moq.
- Atriplex canescens subsp. canescens
- Atriplex canescens var. angustifolia (Torr.) S.Watson
- Atriplex canescens var. canescens
- Atriplex canescens var. macilenta Jeps.
- Atriplex canescens var. occidentalis (Torr. & Frém.) S.L.Welsh & Stutz
- Atriplex fruticosa Nutt. ex Moq.
- Atriplex heterophylla Nutt. ex Moq.
- Atriplex occidentalis (Torr. & Frém.) D.Dietr.
- Atriplex tetraptera (Benth.) Rydb.
- Calligonum canescens Pursh
- Obione berlandieri (Moq.) Moq.
- Obione canescens (Pursh) Moq.
- Obione occidentalis (Torr. & Frém.) Moq.
- Obione occidentalis var. angustifolia Torr.
- Obione tetraptera Benth.
- Pterochiton canescens (Pursh) Nutt.
- Pterochiton occidentale Torr. & Frém.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to October (from 320 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacob Saucier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Harrington, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.