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Chenopodiaceae

Mancos shadscale

Proatriplex pleiantha (W.A.Weber) Stutz & G.L.Chu

Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Proatriplex

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Mancos shadscale: Proatriplex pleiantha common names four-corners orach, Mancos shadscale Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Photographed and identified by Patrick Alexander
Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Mancos shadscale
Spanish
Proatriplex

Synonyms

  • Atriplex pleiantha W.A.Weber

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

  • Mancos shadscale: Proatriplex pleiantha common names four-corners orach, Mancos shadscale Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Photographed and identified by Patrick Alexander
    Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
  • Mancos shadscale: Proatriplex pleiantha common names four-corners orach, Mancos shadscale Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Photographed and identified by Patrick Alexander
    Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
  • Mancos shadscale: Proatriplex pleiantha common names four-corners orach, Mancos shadscale Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Photographed and identified by Patrick Alexander
    Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
  • Mancos shadscale: Proatriplex pleiantha common names four-corners orach, Mancos shadscale Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Photographed and identified by Patrick Alexander
    Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
  • Mancos shadscale: Proatriplex pleiantha common names four-corners orach, Mancos shadscale Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Photographed and identified by Patrick Alexander
    Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
  • Mancos shadscale: Proatriplex pleiantha common names four-corners orach, Mancos shadscale Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Photographed and identified by Patrick Alexander
    Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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.