Atriplex patula (spear saltbush; common orache; spear orach; spreading orach; ) is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plant in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Common Orache 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 oblongifolia
- Chenopodium betaceum
- Atriplex patens
- Chenopodium striatiforme
- Atriplex gmelinii
- Atriplex micrantha
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
- Species
- Atriplex patula
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