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Amaranthaceae
Narrow-leaf atriplex
Atriplex littoralis
Also known as Atriplex patula, Narrowleaf saltbush, Narrow-leaved orache, Atriplex salicina
Native Plants · Atriplex · Narrow-Leaf Atriplex · Salt Tolerant · Coastal Plant · Halophyte · Seaside Garden · Amaranthaceae · Drought Tolerant · Low Maintenance · Revegetation
Narrow-leaf atriplex is a tough, salt-tolerant annual or short-lived perennial well suited to coastal gardens, saline soils, and challenging seaside environments. It requires very little care once established, needing only occasional watering and a sunny position with good drainage. This hardy plant is best used in naturalistic, low-maintenance landscapes or as a stabilizing plant in coastal revegetation projects.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; this plant tolerates dry and saline soils and rarely needs supplemental irrigation once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-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
- Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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