Atriplex cinerea (Coast Saltbush)

Atriplex cinerea Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

COAST SALTBUSH FACTS

distribution map showing range of Atriplex cinerea in Australia

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Common Name
Coast Saltbush

Description
The Coast Saltbush is a dense shrub. There are separate male and female plants. Female flowers are cream and produced in clusters. Male flowers are small and purplish-green.

Distribution
New South Wales, Victoria., South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania.,

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1
Spread (m): 1 - 2
Soil Texture: sand, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 350
Flower Colour: insignificant
Flower Season: frequent

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Chenopodaceae
Genus:	Atriplex
Species:	cinerea
Common Name:	Coast Saltbush

Relatives in same Genus
  Atriplex amnicola
  Atriplex nummularia
  Atriplex paludosa
  Atriplex semibaccata
  Atriplex suberecta
  Atriplex vesicaria