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Atriplex argentea is a species of saltbush known by the common names silverscale saltbush and silver orache. It is native to western North America from southern Canada to northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, generally on saline soils. This is an annual herb producing branching stems which spread out low to the ground or reach erect to maximum heights approaching 80 centimeters. The leaves are triangular to roughly oval in shape and 1 to 4 centimeters long. The stems and leaves are coated in gray scales. The flower clusters are rough clusters of tiny flowers, with male and female flowers in separate clusters.
Annual herb
6 - 31 in Tall
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Saline areas
Northern Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 15 likely
Garden Webworm Moth
Achyra rantalis
Edwards' Beach Moth
Anarta edwardsii
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica
Western Pygmy Blue
Brephidium exilis