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Flat-topped saltbush

Atriplex codonocarpa

Flat-topped saltbush is a salt-tolerant shrub native to Western Australia, often found on the edges of salt lakes. It is grown mainly for dry, saline, or revegetation sites rather than as an ornamental houseplant.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates drought and saline soils.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or saline soils; tolerates alkaline and salty ground.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Atriplex codonocarpa, the flat-topped saltbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Western Australia. It is often found growing on the outer edges of salt lakes.

Other Atriplex plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex codonocarpa 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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