Taxon: Atriplex halimus L.

 
Genus: Atriplex
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Tribe: Chenopodieae
Nomen number: 6013
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1052. 1753
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 23-ene-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-may-2011
Species priority site is: National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PARL)
Accessions: 21 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • Mediterranean saltbush  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
  • sea orache  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
  • shrubby orache  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
  • qataf  (Source: F Egypt) - Arabic
  • arroche halime  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
  • pourpier de mer  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
  • Strauchmelde  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
  • salgadeira  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
  • álimo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • armuelle glauco  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • marisma  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • orzaga  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • osagra  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • salgada  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
  • Human food: vegetable (famine food fide L Edible Pl)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
    • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
    • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
    • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa [Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, North West]
    • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai] Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

    Europe
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999- (F Egypt)
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- (F Zamb)
  4. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003 (Pl SAfr ed2)
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- (L Medit)
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  7. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 (L Edible Pl)
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
  9. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
  10. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- (F TE Afr)
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
  12. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan Flora palaestina. 1966- (F Palest)

Check other web resources for Atriplex halimus L. :

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=6013. Accessed 7 junio 2026.