Atriplex
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Name (Hebrew)
מלוח (צמח)
Name (Latin)
Atriplex
See Also From tracing topical name
Chenopodiaceae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q157801
Library of congress:
sh 85009357
Sources of Information
- Encyc. Americana(Atriplex: genus of annual and perennial herbs and shrubs commonly found in salt deserts and along ocean shores. The genus is widely distributed. Most American forms are called saltbushes.)
- Popular encyc. of plants, 1982:p. 295 (Atriplex. Saltbush is one of the common names for some members of the genus, particularly those grown in saline soils.)
- Hortus 3(Atriplex. Orach. Saltbush)
- SPN(Atriplex. Saltbush. (The Old World annuals are known as orach)
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Atriplex hymenelytra bracts
Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Atriplex hymenelytra bracts.jpg
Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Atriplex nummularia.JPG
Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Atriplex patula (5129939806).jpg
Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Starr 040125-0020 Chenopodium murale.jpg
Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
File:Starr 050516-1394 Atriplex lentiformis.jpg
Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Wikipedia description:
Atriplex () is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (; also spelled orach). It belongs to the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae s.l.. The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments. The generic name originated in Latin and was applied by Pliny the Elder to the edible oraches. The name saltbush derives from the fact that the plants retain salt in their leaves; they are able to grow in areas affected by soil salination.
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