''Atriplex prostrata'', called the spear-leaved orache, hastate orache, thin-leaf orache, triangle orache, and fat hen, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the saltbush genus ''
Atriplex
''Atriplex'' () is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (; also spelled orach). It belongs to the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae ''s.l.''.
The genus is quite variable and w ...
'', native to Europe, Macaronesia, northern Africa, Ethiopia, the Middle East, western Siberia, and Central Asia, and introduced to temperate North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, and Primorsky Krai in far eastern Russia.
It is a facultative halophyte.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are currently accepted:
*''Atriplex prostrata'' subsp. ''calotheca''
(Rafn) M.A.Gust.
*''Atriplex prostrata'' subsp. ''latifolia''
(Wahlenb.) Rauschert
*''Atriplex prostrata'' subsp. ''polonica''
(Zapal.) Uotila
*''Atriplex prostrata'' subsp. ''prostrata''
References
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prostrata
Plants described in 1805
Flora of Malta