Atriplex halimus (known also by its common names: Mediterranean saltbush, sea orache, shrubby orache, silvery orache; ; also spelled orach) is a species of fodder shrub in the family Amaranthaceae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mediterranean 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 vestita
- Atriplex rusbyi
- Atriplex lentiformis
- Atriplex barclayana
- Atriplex nummularia
- Atriplex maximowicziana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Atriplex
- Species
- Atriplex halimus
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