Atriplex glabriuscula

Edmondston

Orach, Northern saltbush, Scotland orache

AmaranthaceaeLeavesSeeds/NutsPotential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable

Edible Parts: Leaves Seed Edible Uses: Young leaves - cooked. Seed - used in piñole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in salty and brackish marshes. It can grow in coastal regions. It is best in sunny locations.

Britain, Canada, Europe, Greenland, Iceland, North America, USA,

Countries: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A herb. It lies along the ground. It can grow 20-100 cm high. The branches are opposite. The stems are green and striped. The leaves are 1-10 cm long by 1-8 cm wide. The seeds can be black or brown. They are 3-4 mm wide.

How to Grow

Succeeds in full sun in any well-drained but not too fertile soil. Most species in this genus tolerate saline and very alkaline soils. This species is either very closely related to, or no more than part of, A. hastata.

Propagation: Seed - sow April/May in situ. Germination is usually rapid.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

Source ↗

Atriplex glabriuscula, usually known in English as Babington's orache, is a prostrate to ascending plant that occurs on shingle beaches in NW Europe, and (as an introduction) in NE North America. It is a characteristic annual of strandline vegetation at the top of sand and shingle beaches.

Notes

There are about 100-300 Atriplex species. They have also been put in the family Chenopodiaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Bracted orache

Atriplex babingtonii J. Woodsand others

References (3)

Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 47
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
www.ediblewildfood.com