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Atriplex pacifica
Also called South Coast Saltbush, South Coast Saltscale
Davidson's saltbush is a low, mat-forming annual herb native to the salty coastal bluffs of Southern California and Baja California. It is uncommon in the wild and is grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts, so it needs full sun, sandy saline-tolerant soil and very little water.
Atriplex pacifica is a species of saltbush known by the common names Davidson's saltbush, South Coast saltbush, and Pacific orach.
It is native to the coastline of Southern California, including the Channel Islands, and Baja California, where it grows in saline habitat on the immediate coastline, such as beach bluffs. It is an uncommon plant, chiefly because much of its native habitat has been drastically altered.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex pacifica 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.
