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Atriplex argentea

Atriplex hortensis

silver orache, silverscale orache

garden orache, French spinach

Atriplex argentea

Atriplex hortensis
Flowering time July-September July-August
Habitat Dry or alkaline soil. Disturbed areas, often where seasonally moist.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains and in scattered locations in eastern North America.
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Origin Native Introduced from Asia
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. canescens, A. dioica, A. gardneri, A. gmelinii, A. heterosperma, A. hortensis, A. littoralis, A. longipes, A. oblongifolia, A. patula, A. prostrata, A. rosea, A. semibaccata, A. truncata
A. argentea, A. canescens, A. dioica, A. gardneri, A. gmelinii, A. heterosperma, A. littoralis, A. longipes, A. oblongifolia, A. patula, A. prostrata, A. rosea, A. semibaccata, A. truncata
Subordinate taxa
A. argentea var. argentea
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