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Atriplex leptocarpa
Also called Long Fruit Saltbush
Slender-fruit saltbush is a native Australian saltbush, an annual or short-lived perennial herb or small shrub of dry areas. It grows best in open, sunny spots on saline or seasonally flooded ground, near rivers and lakes.
Atriplex leptocarpa, the slender-fruit saltbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia (except the Northern Territory and Tasmania), and introduced to Eritrea. It is typically found growing near rivers, lakes, and other periodically flooded areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex leptocarpa 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.
