Chenopodiaceae
Twoscale saltbush
Atriplex micrantha
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- رغل صغير السداة
- arz
- رغل صغير السداه
- Chinese
- 异苞滨藜
- Czech
- Lebeda různosemenná
- Dutch
- Grijze melde
- English
- Twoscale saltbush
- Estonian
- Eriseemnene malts
- Finnish
- Rakkomaltsa
- German
- Verschiedensamige Melde
- Romanian
- Lobodă
- Ukrainian
- Лутига дрібноцвіта
Synonyms
- Atriplex hastata var. heterocarpa Fenzl
- Atriplex hastata var. heterosperma (Bunge) Regel ex Iljin
- Atriplex heterosperma Bunge
- Atriplex hortensis subsp. heterosperma (Bunge) Meijden
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ryan Gilmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alexander Baransky, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Neagoe Larisa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Patrick Nard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Tumbling saltweedAtriplex roseaChenopodiaceae
- Long-stalked oracheAtriplex longipesChenopodiaceae
- Tatarian oracheAtriplex tataricaChenopodiaceae
- Scotland oracheAtriplex glabriusculaChenopodiaceae
- Hoary oracheAtriplex sagittataChenopodiaceae
- Fourwing saltbushAtriplex canescensChenopodiaceae
- Bluegreen saltbushAtriplex nummulariaChenopodiaceae
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.