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halberdleaf orache, spear oracle

Atriplex patula

Flowering time June-September
Habitat Coastal and inland, saline or alkaline soil.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic.
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Origin Introduced from Eurasia
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. argentea, A. canescens, A. dioica, A. gardneri, A. gmelinii, A. heterosperma, A. hortensis, A. littoralis, A. longipes, A. oblongifolia, A. prostrata, A. rosea, A. semibaccata, A. truncata
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