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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Chenopodiaceae
Atriplex patula L.
common orache, spear-scale, spear orach, spear saltbush
Atriplex: ancient Latin name for this plant
patula: somewhat spreading
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect or sprawling, annual, 6"-40" tall, widely branched forb |
| Flower: | white to greenish, tiny, no petals; inflorescence interrupted spikes; blooms July-Oct. |
| Leaf: | stalked, mealy, both sides green, larger leaves long and sometimes with flared lobes or teeth at the base (lance-hastate)  |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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