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Amaranthaceae
Fat-hen
Atriplex prostrata
Also known as Atriplex latifolia var. prostrata, White goosefoot, Atriplex hastata var. prostrata, Atriplex hastata var. microsperma
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Coastal · Salt-Tolerant · Edible · Forage · Annual · Orache · Wildflower · Heritage Vegetable · Drought-Tolerant
Fat-hen (hastate orache) is a salt-tolerant, adaptable annual that grows readily in disturbed, coastal, or nutrient-rich soils with minimal care. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and benefits from occasional watering during dry spells, though it is naturally resilient in poor conditions. The young leaves are edible and nutritious, making it a useful forage or heritage vegetable plant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates saline and moist conditions naturally · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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