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Long-stalked Orache

Atriplex longipes

Long-stalked Orache
Photo: Eckhard Garve, CC BY-SA 3.0

Atriplex longipes, the long-stalked orache, is a wild annual herb of the goosefoot family native to northwestern and northern Europe. It is a coastal or saline-soil plant and is not grown as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Grows wild on moist saline ground; keep soil damp while establishing, though it is not usually cultivated.
Soil
Saline or salt-marsh soils, sandy or silty.
Temperature
Hardy temperate annual; tolerates cold winters as seed.
Native range
NW. & N. Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Atriplex longipes is a species of plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.

Its native range is northwestern and northern Europe.

Other Atriplex plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex longipes 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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