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Atriplex tularensis
Also called Bakersfield Saltbush, Bakersfield Smallscale
Tulare saltbush is an extremely rare annual herb native to the alkali lake bed of Kern Lake in Kern County, California, and may be extinct. It grows only in exceptionally wet years on salty, occasionally flooded soil, so it is not a plant to grow at home.
Atriplex tularensis is an extremely rare species of saltbush known by the common names Bakersfield smallscale, Tulare saltbush, and Tulare orach.
Atriplex tularensis is endemic to Kern County, California, where it is known only from a few individuals at Kern Lake, a usually dry ephemeral lake bed just north of the Interstate 5 and Highway 99 split. These plants may actually be representatives of Atriplex serenana, and it is possible that A. tularensis is in fact extinct.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex tularensis 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.
