Chenopodiaceae

Spear saltbush

Atriplex patula L.

Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Atriplex

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Spear saltbush (Atriplex patula) — FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (33)

ab: Адәыҳампал
Arabic: رغل منفتح, رغل عماني
arz: رغل منفتح
Asturian: Armuella
Belarusian: Лябеднік раскідзісты
Catalan: Salat de fulla estreta, Blet moll, Arroche étalée
Chinese: 草地滨藜, 草地滨藜 Cao di bin li
Czech: Lebeda rozkladitá
Danish: Svine-Mælde
Dutch: Uitstaande melde
English: Spear saltbush, Common orache, Spear orach, Spreading orach, Spreading orache
Estonian: Harilik malts
Finnish: Kylämaltsa, Peltomaltsa
French: Arroche étalée, Arroche à feuilles larges, Arroche à larges feuilles
German: Spreizende Melde, Ausgebreitete Melde, Gemeine Melde, Gewöhnliche Melde, Ruten Melde, Ruten-Melde, Spreizmelde, Arroche étalée
hsb: Prutojta łoboda
Icelandic: Akurhrímblaðka, Fjöruhriblaðka
Italian: Atriplice erba-corregiola, Erba corregiola
Japanese: セイヨウハマアカザ
kab: Asikun
Latvian: Izplestā balodene
Lithuanian: Arroche étalée
Macedonian: Разгранета лобода
Norwegian Bokmål: Svinemelde
Polish: Łoboda rozłożysta
Portuguese: Armoles
Russian: Лебеда раскидистая
Slovak: Loboda konáristá
Slovenian: Navadna loboda
Spanish: Armuelle angosto, Armuelles angostos, Armuelle, Armuelle silvestre, Armuelles silvestres, Obione angustifolia, Schizotheca patula, Teutiopsis patula
Swedish: Vägmålla, Gårdmålla, Arroche étalée
Ukrainian: Лутига розлога
Welsh: Llygwyn culddail

Synonyms

Atriplex agrestis Schur
Atriplex amana Post
Atriplex angustifolia Sm.
Atriplex erecta Huds.
Atriplex hastata subsp. patula (L.) E.Pons
Atriplex hastata var. patula (L.) Farw.
Atriplex hastilifolia Rchb. ex Steud.
Atriplex macrodira Guss.
Atriplex nemorensis Schur
Atriplex oblongifolia var. patula (L.) Westerl.
Atriplex patula subsp. amana (Post) Aellen
Atriplex patula subsp. patula
Atriplex patula subsp. producta (Guss.) Giardina & Raimondo
Atriplex patula var. angustifolia Rodway
Atriplex patula var. japonica H.Lév.
Atriplex patula var. patula
Atriplex patula var. producta Guss.
Atriplex polymorpha Coss., Germ. & Wedd.
Atriplex procumbens S.B.Jundz.
Atriplex recta Schur
Atriplex salina Desf.
Atriplex virgata Scop.
Chenopodium angustifolium (Sm.) E.H.L.Krause
Chenopodium zosterifolium Hook.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 76 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: mieoli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Markus Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 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.