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Atriplex coronata
Also called Wedgescale
Crownscale is a small annual saltbush native to California, growing in saline and alkaline soils in the Central Valley, nearby Coast Ranges and Southern California. It is grown mainly for habitat and native-plant restoration rather than as an ornamental, and it thrives in poor, salty soil with full sun and little water.
Atriplex coronata is a species of saltbush known by the common name crownscale. It is endemic to California.
The halophyte plant grows in areas of saline and alkaline soils in the Central Valley and nearby slopes of the Inner California Coast Ranges in Central California; and the South Coast region of Southern California.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex coronata 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.
