Species: Atriplex prostrata
Creeping Saltbush
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Atriplex
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Hastate Orache - Triangle Orache - triangle orache
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Goosefoot Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae - Atriplex - The name Atriplex hastata was widely applied to this plant in Europe, but the lectotype of that name has been identified as the Baltic plant otherwise known as Atriplex calotheca, and the name Atriplex prostrata then takes priority for the present species (N. Turland, 1996, Taxon 45: 325-326.)
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1991-06-17
Global Status Last Changed
1991-10-25
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Transcontinental; may also be in Eurasia.