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Atriplex patula L. (Spear Saltbush; Common Orache; Spear Orach; Spreading Orach) is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions. Atriplex patula appears to have been a rather recent introduction in North America from Eurasia, not arriving perhaps until sometime in the early to mid-eighteenth century.
Annual herb
1 - 5 ft Tall
Full Sun
For propagating by seed: No treatment; optimum germination occurs with light and alternating diurnal temperatures (Young et al. 1980).
Saline areas
Alkali Sink, Coastal Salt Marsh, Coastal Strand, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
2 confirmed and 13 likely
Western Pygmy Blue
Brephidium exilis
Morning-glory Plume Moth
Emmelina monodactyla
Garden Webworm Moth
Achyra rantalis
Edwards' Beach Moth
Anarta edwardsii