Atriplex prostrata Spear-leaved Orache

An erect or procumbent annual with triangular leaves that are usually distinctly toothed and which may or may not be mealy. It is a weedy plant of waste places and cultivated ground and occasionally grows in saline habitats near the sea. Unlike Long-stalked Orache (Atriplex longipes) and the hybrid between it and Long-stalked Orache (Atriplex x gustaffsoniana) it does not have stalked bracteoles. Note, however, that the bracteole stalks in the hybrid are very short (c. 1mm). Spear-leaved Orache has a lowland and somewhat coastal distribution in West Glamorgan where it occurs in ruderal and cultivated  habitats and occasionally in coastal driftlines. 

Native

Formerly known as Atriplix hastata.