Chenopodiaceae
Garden orache
Atriplex hortensis
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- رغل بستاني, اسفناخ, القطف, بقل الروم, بقل ذهبي, سبانخ حجازي
- arz
- رغل بستانى
- Basque
- Garadaizka
- Belarusian
- Лябеднік садовы
- Catalan
- Armoll
- Chinese
- 榆錢菠菜, 榆钱菠菜, 榆钱菠菜 Yu qian bo cai, 洋菠菜, 粉藜, 山菠菜
- Croatian
- Vrtna pepeljuga
- cv
- Пахчари мăян
- Czech
- Lebeda zahradní
- Danish
- Have-Mælde, Havemelde, Havemælde, Melspinat
- Dutch
- Tuinmelde
- English
- Garden orache, Arrach, French spinach, Mountain spinach, Garden orach, Red orach, Orach, Orache
- Esperanto
- Atriplo ĝardena
- Estonian
- Aedmalts
- Finnish
- Tarhamaltsa
- French
- Arroche des jardins, Arroche bonne-dame, Arroche épinard, Belle-Dame, Bonne-Dame, Chou d’Amour, Epinard géant, Arroche
- frr
- Guardmial
- Galician
- Armol
- German
- Gartenmelde, Garten-Melde, Orache, Spanischer Salat, Spanischer Spinat
- Greek
- Αγριοσπανάκι
- hsb
- Zahrodna łoboda
- Hungarian
- Kerti laboda
- Indonesian
- Bayam prancis
- Italian
- Atriplice degli orti, Atreplice degli orti, Bietolone rosso
- Japanese
- ヤマホウレンソウ, あかざ, オラーチェ
- Kannada
- ಚಕ್ಕೋತ ಸೊಪ್ಪು
- Latvian
- Dārza balodene
- Macedonian
- Градинарска лобода
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hagemelde, Fjellspinat
- os
- Футæг, Футæджытæ
- Persian
- سلمکی باغی
- Polish
- Łoboda ogrodowa
- Portuguese
- Erva-armola, Armolas
- Romanian
- Lobodă
- Russian
- Лебеда садовая
- Slovak
- Loboda záhradná
- Slovenian
- Vrtna loboda
- Spanish
- Espinaca de Carne, Ramos de Coral, Armuella de huerta, Armuelle, Armuelle mole, Bledos moles, Cogolletes, Armoles
- Swedish
- Trädgårdsmålla, Mållspenat
- Tamil
- அர்டீபிலக்சு ஓர்டென்சிசு
- Turkish
- Kara pazı
- Ukrainian
- Лобода садова
- Welsh
- Llygwyn yr ardd
Synonyms
- Atriplex acuminata M.Bieb.
- Atriplex atrosanguinea Voss
- Atriplex benghalensis Lam.
- Atriplex heterantha Wight
- Atriplex hortensis subsp. nitens (Schkuhr) Pons
- Atriplex hortensis var. hortensis
- Atriplex purpurea Voss
- Atriplex ruberrima Moq.
- Atriplex rubra (L.) Crantz
- Atriplex spectabilis Ehrh. ex Moq.
- Atriplex virgata Roth
- Chenopodium benghalense (Lam.) Spielm. ex Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jens Ullenius, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tatyana Sova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jade ___, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: iljar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pierre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland Greinwald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dmitry Kulakov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Fourwing saltbushAtriplex canescensChenopodiaceae
- Bluegreen saltbushAtriplex nummulariaChenopodiaceae
- Frosted oracheAtriplex laciniataChenopodiaceae
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.