Common name:
Grass-leaved orache
Family:
Scientific name:
Atriplex littoralis
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal regions of the British Isles; absent only from western Ireland and far north Scotland
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Exposed places near the coast, including the upper edges of saltmarshes
Flowers:
Male flowers have five stamens (white filaments and pale yellow anthers), and a five-lobed calyx, while female flowers have two stigmas, also with a lobed calyx, enclosed in a pair of (unlobed) knobbly bracteoles, which enlarge during the fruiting stage
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate to linear or oblanceolate, sometimes shallowly toothed, but never lobed
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
