Chenopodiaceae
Watson's saltbush
Atriplex watsonii
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Watson's saltbush, Watson’s orach
- German
- Obione decumbens
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Joyce Cory on Flickr as docentjoyce from Los Osos, u.s.a., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.