Chenopodiaceae
Scotland orache
Atriplex glabriuscula
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (5)
- Dutch
- Kustmelde
- English
- Scotland orache, Northeastern saltbush
- Finnish
- Lännenmaltsa
- French
- Arroche de babington
- German
- Kahle Melde
Synonyms
- Atriplex babingtonii J.Woods
- Atriplex glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
- Atriplex glabriuscula var. oblanceolata Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Atriplex hastata var. oblanceolata (Vict. & J.Rousseau) B.Boivin
- Atriplex patula subsp. glabriuscula (Edmondston) H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Atriplex patula var. oblanceolata (Vict. & J.Rousseau) B.Boivin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerry Lanfear, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anne Thomson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Catherine Faber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonathan Hughes, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.