Chenopodiaceae
Frosted orache
Atriplex laciniata
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (13)
- Catalan
- Arroche des sables
- Danish
- Sølv-Mælde
- Dutch
- Gelobde melde
- English
- Frosted orache, Belgian orach
- Finnish
- Hopeamaltsa
- French
- Arroche des sables, Arroche laciniée
- German
- Gelappte Melde, Gelapptblättrige Melde, Sandmelde, Arroche des sables
- hsb
- Dripkata łoboda
- Lithuanian
- Arroche des sables
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sølvmelde
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sølvmelde
- Swedish
- Sandmålla, Gråmålla, Arroche des sables
- Welsh
- Llygwyn ariannaid
Synonyms
- Atriplex abbreviata Opiz
- Atriplex albicans Willd.
- Atriplex arenaria J.Woods
- Atriplex astracanica Balb.
- Atriplex astrachanica Ledeb.
- Atriplex bocconii Guss.
- Atriplex farinosa Dumort.
- Atriplex incisa Ledeb.
- Atriplex maritima L.
- Atriplex microphylla Schur
- Atriplex piqueres Lag.
- Atriplex pruinosa Sieber ex Moq.
- Atriplex sabulosa Rouy
- Atriplex sinuata Hoffm.
- Atriplex sinuata (Thunb.) Aellen
- Atriplex thunbergiana Schult.
- Atriplex turcomanica Turcz. ex Ledeb.
- Chenopodium laciniatum (L.) Thunb.
- Chenopodium pinnatum Moq.
- Chenopodium sinuatum Thunb.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Le Mao, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Declan McCabe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Le Mao, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.