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Atriplex argentea
Also called Silver orache, Silverscale orache, Silverscale, Saltbush, Silver Orach, Silver Saltbush, Silvery Atriplex
Silverscale saltbush is a low-growing annual herb native to western North America, usually found on salty soils. It is grown mainly as a wild or restoration plant, and it needs full sun and well-drained, saline-tolerant soil.
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.
Among the Zuni people, a poultice of chewed root is applied to sores and rashes. An infusion of the root is also taken for stomachache.
Tubercled saltbush · Swamp Saltbush · Fan Saltbush · Native Orache · Atriplex billardierei · Silver saltbush · Fourwing saltbush · Gray saltbush · Flat-topped saltbush · Shadscale saltbush · Heartscale · Crownscale
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex argentea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
