Atriplex littoralis L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Amaranthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Atriplex littoralis L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Erect, to 1.5 m; lvs green, the principal ones 2–12 cm, mostly linear to lanceolate or oblong and entire or merely toothed, obtuse to acuminate, narrowed to a short petiole; infls interrupted below, lfless above the base; fruiting bracteoles joined towards the ± spongy-thickened base, obscurely to evidently veined, 3–7 mm, broadly triangular to ovate, ± acute, usually with 2(–several) evident tubercles on the back; brown seeds 2–3 mm wide; black seeds 1.5–2 mm wide; radicle inferior; 2n=18. Sea beaches, and also commonly inland in saline habitats; widespread in N. Temperate regions. (A. patula ssp. l.) Most of our coastal plants are reputedly diploid, and may be intr. Inland and some coastal plants are reputedly hexaploid and probably native. (A. subspicata)