Atriplex dioica

Atriplex dioica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. dioica
Binomial name
Atriplex dioica
Synonyms[1]
  • Atriplex lapathifolia Rydb.
  • Atriplex patula var. subspicata (Nutt.) S.Watson
  • Atriplex subspicata (Nutt.) Rydb.
  • Chenopodium subspicatum Nutt.

Atriplex dioica is a species of saltbush known by the common names saline saltbush and halberdleaf orach. It is native to much of the United States and southern Canada, where it most often grows in saline and alkaline soils.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.