Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Atriplex prostrata
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Orach at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex prostrata
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-04-002?:
Atriplex patula
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
(?)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Atriplex patula var. hastata
COMMON NAME:
Thinleaf Orach, Fat-hen, Triangle Orach
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_atha_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Atriplex prostrata
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Atriplex prostrata
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-04-002?:
Atriplex patula
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
(?)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Atriplex patula var. hastata
3067
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Non-native: Eurasia?
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in the Carolinas, rare in GA
Look for it in marsh edges, brackish flats, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Lowermost opposite, others alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
5 sepals in staminate flowers, absent in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
5 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
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