Chenopodiaceae
Bluegreen saltbush
Atriplex nummularia
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Oumansoutbos
- Arabic
- رغل دائري, رغل أسترالي
- arz
- رغل دائرى
- Chinese
- 大洋洲滨藜, 大洋洲濱藜, 臺灣濱藜, 台湾滨藜
- English
- Bluegreen saltbush
- French
- Arroche nummulaire
- Macedonian
- Монетна лобода
Synonyms
- Atriplex halimoides var. monumentalis Sprenger
- Atriplex nummularia subsp. erosa Aellen
- Atriplex nummularia subsp. nummularia Lindl.
- Atriplex nummularia var. monumentalis (Sprenger) Rodigas
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Atlas of Living Australia, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.