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Atriplex rosea
Also called Red orache, Red scale, Tumbling orach, Redscale, Redscale Saltbush, Tumbling Orache, Red Atriplex
Tumbling saltweed (Atriplex rosea), also called red orache, is a fast-growing annual herb in the amaranth and beet family, native to Eurasia and now found widely as an introduced weed. It grows easily in open, sunny, disturbed ground with little care.
Atriplex rosea is a species of saltbush known by the common names tumbling saltbush, red orach, redscale and tumbling orach (; also spelled orache). It is native to Eurasia but it is widespread elsewhere as an introduced species.
This is an annual herb with erect, hairless stems growing up to 1.5 meters, 4.5 feet, in height. The leaves are green to red in color, oval to triangular to lance-shaped, and with edges which are smooth to wavy. Each leaf has three prominent veins and is up to six centimeters long and three wide. The male and female flowers are borne in clusters or spikelike inflorescences.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex rosea 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.
