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Atriplex suberecta
Also called Australian Orache, Lagoon Saltbush, Sprawling Saltbush
Peregrine saltbush is a sprawling annual herb native to Australia, grown mainly as a salt-tolerant groundcover or forage plant in dry, saline sites. It is usually a wild plant and is sometimes treated as a weed where it has spread.
Atriplex suberecta is a species of saltbush known by the common names sprawling saltbush, lagoon saltbush and (in Britain and Ireland) Australian orache. It is native to Australia.
It can be found on other continents as an introduced species and invasive species, including southern Africa and parts of North America. It is sometimes considered a noxious weed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex suberecta 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.
