Atriplex patula
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Atriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual
herbaceous
plants in the genus Atriplex
naturalized in many temperate regions.
Atriplex patula has been naturalized in North America since the eighteenth century.
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
herbaceous
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plants in the genus Atriplex
Atriplex
Atriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
naturalized in many temperate regions.
Atriplex patula has been naturalized in North America since the eighteenth century.