Chenopodiaceae
Fat-hen
Atriplex prostrata
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- رغل مضطجع, رغل مضجع
- arz
- رغل مضطجع
- Belarusian
- Лябеднік кап’епадобны
- Catalan
- Herba molla, Arroche hastée
- Chinese
- 戟叶滨藜, 草地滨藜
- Czech
- Lebeda hrálovitá širokolistá
- Danish
- Spyd-Mælde, Udstrakt Mælde
- Dutch
- Spiesmelde
- English
- Fat-hen, Thinleaf orach, Triangle orache, Boucher' spear-leaved orache, Halberd-leaf orache, Hastate orache, Hastate orache, spear-leaved orache, Hastate saltplant
- Estonian
- Odalehine malts
- Finnish
- Isomaltsa
- French
- Arroche hastée, Arroche couchée
- German
- Spiess-Melde, Spieß-Melde, Spiessmelde, Spießblättrige Melde, Arroche hastée, Teutliopsis hastata
- hsb
- Hlebjojta łoboda
- Italian
- Atriplice comune
- Japanese
- ホコガタアカザ, アレチハマアカザ
- Latvian
- Skaistaugļu balodene
- Lithuanian
- Arroche hastée
- Macedonian
- Спрострена лобода
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tangmelde
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tangmelde
- Polish
- Łoboda oszczepowata
- Romanian
- Lobodă
- Russian
- Лутига лежача
- se
- Stuorrajáfon
- Slovak
- Loboda rozprestretá
- Slovenian
- Kopjelistna loboda
- Spanish
- Acelga falsa, Armuelle, Armuelle silvestre, Arrastradera
- Swedish
- Spjutmålla, Vippmålla, Arroche hastée
- Ukrainian
- Лутига лежача
- Vietnamese
- Rhagodia latifolia
- Welsh
- Llygwyn tryfal
Synonyms
- Atriplex decumbens Schult.
- Atriplex deltoidea Bab.
- Atriplex elongata Guss.
- Atriplex gigantea Poir. ex Moq.
- Atriplex gracilis Nutt. ex Moq.
- Atriplex halimoides Raf.
- Atriplex hastata var. macrotheca Rafn
- Atriplex hastata var. microtheca Schumach.
- Atriplex hastata var. prostrata (Boucher ex DC.) Lange
- Atriplex hastata var. salina Wallr. ex Gren.
- Atriplex hastata var. triangularis (Willd.) Moq.
- Atriplex integrifolia Krock. ex Steud.
- Atriplex laciniata var. americana Torr.
- Atriplex latifolia subsp. prostrata (Boucher ex DC.) Hiitonen
- Atriplex latifolia subsp. triangularis (Willd.) Hiitonen
- Atriplex microcarpa Waldst. & Kit.
- Atriplex microsperma Waldst. & Kit.
- Atriplex microsperma Bab.
- Atriplex microtheca Fr.
- Atriplex novae-zelandiae Aellen
- Atriplex oblongifolia Host
- Atriplex oppositifolia DC.
- Atriplex patula var. prostrata (Boucher ex DC.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Atriplex patula var. salina Wallr.
- Atriplex patula var. triangularis (Willd.) Thorne & S.L.Welsh
- Atriplex pharaonis Moq.
- Atriplex platensis Speg.
- Atriplex platysepala Guss.
- Atriplex prostrata subsp. deltoidea (Bab.) Rauschert
- Atriplex prostrata subsp. triangularis (Willd.) Rauschert
- Atriplex prostrata var. salina (Wallr.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Atriplex pugae Phil.
- Atriplex ramosissima Nutt. ex Moq.
- Atriplex ruderalis Wallr.
- Atriplex sackii Rostk. & Schmidt
- Atriplex smithii Syme
- Atriplex spinacifolia Stokes
- Atriplex transsilvanica Schur
- Atriplex triangularis Willd.
- Atriplex veneta Moq.
and 2 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to April, July to October (from 112 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Christopher Stephens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Evgenij Samarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 13:01, 19 November 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jcomeau ictx, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jcomeau ictx, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nico, 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.