Chenopodiaceae
Tumbling saltweed
Atriplex rosea
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- رغل وردي
- arz
- رغل وردى
- Belarusian
- Лябеднік ружовы
- Bulgarian
- Розова лобода
- Czech
- Lebeda růžová
- English
- Tumbling saltweed, Red orache, Red scale, Tumbling orach
- Estonian
- Roosmalts
- Finnish
- Hopeamaltsa
- French
- Arroche rosée
- German
- Rosen-Melde, Schizotheca rosea, Spinacia fera Pall., Teutliopsis rosea
- hsb
- Róžowa łoboda
- Italian
- Atriplice rosea
- Latvian
- Rožainā balodene
- Macedonian
- Розова лобода
- Polish
- Łoboda gwiazdkowata
- Slovenian
- Rožnata loboda
- Spanish
- Hierba cenicera, Salat rosa, Salobre, Yerba cenicera, Obione axillaris, Schizotheca rosea
- Swedish
- Silvermålla
Synonyms
- Atriplex alba Scop.
- Atriplex albicans Besser
- Atriplex arenicola Hauman
- Atriplex arenicola var. albescens Hauman
- Atriplex argentea Schrad. ex Moq.
- Atriplex axillaris Ten.
- Atriplex besseriana Schult.
- Atriplex foliolosa Link
- Atriplex foliosa Guss. ex Nyman
- Atriplex graeci Tineo
- Atriplex monoica Weigel
- Atriplex monoica Moench
- Atriplex polysperma Ten.
- Atriplex rosea subsp. foliolosa (Link) Cout.
- Atriplex rosea subsp. terraconensis (Sennen) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Atriplex spatiosa A.Nelson
- Atriplex terraconensis Sennen
- Atriplex verticillata Cav. ex Lag.
- Chenopodium roseum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jorge Íñiguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: naturalist charlie, 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.