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Atriplex elegans
Also called Wheelscale, Wheelscale Orach, White Scale Saltbush
Wheelscale saltbush is a small annual herb of the amaranth and beet family, native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico, where it grows on salty or alkaline flats and dry lakebeds. Grow it in full sun in sandy or saline soil with very little water.
Atriplex elegans is a species of saltbush known by the common name wheelscale saltbush, Mecca orach, or wheelscale. It is native to the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico, where it grows in areas of saline or alkaline soils, such as alkali flats and desert dry lakebeds.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex elegans 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.
