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Atriplex australasica
Also called Australian Orache
Native orache is a low annual saltbush-type plant from coastal southeastern Australia that grows in salty, wet or brackish ground. It needs open, sunny sites with saline or moist soil and is rarely grown in ordinary gardens.
Atriplex australasica, the native orache, is a species of annual flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to southeastern Australia. A variable species, it is found in coastal areas and other wet, brackish situations.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex australasica 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.
