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Atriplex parishii var. depressa
Brittlescale is a small, low-spreading annual saltbush native to California's Central Valley, grown mainly in saline and alkaline soils. It is a wild plant rarely cultivated, so care is largely about tolerating its natural salty, dry conditions.
Atriplex depressa is a species of saltbush known by the common names brittlescale and depressed orache. It is sometimes treated as a variety of Atriplex parishii.
It is endemic to the Central Valley of California, where it grows in areas with saline and alkaline soils.
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