Atriplex Halimus

Scientific Name: Atriplex halimus

Common Name: saltbush

Symbol: ATHA3

Category: Dicot

Genus: Atriplex

Family: Chenopodiaceae

Family Common Name: Goosefoot family

Order: Caryophyllales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Edible: unknown

Sea orach

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Scientific Name: Atriplex halimus

Common Name(s): Sea orach

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: leaf

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Description: The sea orach is a sparingly branched herbaceous plant with small, gray-colored leaves up to 2.5 centimeters long. Sea orach resembles Iamb's quarter, a common weed in most gardens in the United States. It produces its flowers in narrow, densely compacted spikes at the tips of its branches.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: The sea orach is found in highly alkaline and salty areas along seashores from the Mediterranean countries to inland areas in North Africa and eastward to Turkey and central Siberia. Generally, it can be found in tropical scrub and thorn forests, steppes in temperate regions, and most desert scrub and waste areas.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: Its leaves are edible. In the areas where it grows, it has the healthy reputation of being one of the few native plants that can sustain man in times of want.
Current Rating: 0.0000

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: Its leaves are edible. In the areas where it grows, it has the healthy reputation of being one of the few native plants that can sustain man in times of want.
Current Rating: 0.0000

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