Shadscale Saltbush (Atriplex confertifolia)

Shadscale Saltbush, a reference photo — Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Atriplex confertifolia, the shadscale or spiny saltbush, is a species of evergreen shrub in the family Amaranthaceae, which is native to the western United States and northern Mexico.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Shadscale Saltbush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Atriplex spinifera
Atriplex parryi
Atriplex torreyi
Atriplex barclayana
Atriplex vesicaria
Atriplex hymenelytra

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species: Atriplex confertifolia

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