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Silver saltbush

Atriplex bunburyana

Silver saltbush (Atriplex bunburyana) is an erect, bluish-leaved shrub up to about a metre tall, native to Western Australia. It grows best in full sun with very well-drained soil and little water, as it is adapted to dry and saline conditions.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained soil; tolerates saline and alkaline soils.
Temperature
Hardy in warm to hot climates; tolerates frost briefly in cool areas, but protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Atriplex bunburyana, commonly known as silver saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs through most of the western half of the state, both near the coast and inland.

Other Atriplex plants

Tubercled saltbush · Swamp Saltbush · Fan Saltbush · Silverscale saltbush · Native Orache · Atriplex billardierei · Fourwing saltbush · Gray saltbush · Flat-topped saltbush · Shadscale saltbush · Heartscale · Crownscale

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex bunburyana 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.

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