Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex A.P. de Candolle. Subgenus: Atriplex. Section: Teutliopsis. Common name: Thinleaf Orach, Fat-hen. Phenology: Jul-frost. Habitat: Marsh edges, brackish flats. Distribution: Widespread in e. North America, also in w. North America and Eurasia, usually considered to be native of Eurasia.
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA4, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, Va, Clemants (1992); ? Atriplex hastata L. — C, S, S13, misapplied; < Atriplex patula L. — RAB, W; ? Atriplex patula L. var. hastata (L.) A.Gray — F, G, GW2, Tat, misappled. Basionym: Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. 1805
Links to other floras: = Atriplex prostrata - FNA4
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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