Atriplex lapathifolia — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds

Edible Parts: Leaves Seed Edible Uses: Young leaves - cooked. Seed - cooked. Used in piñole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in soups and stews, or mixed with cereal flours to enhance their nutritional value when making bread, biscuits, cakes etc.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

An annual growing to 0.9 m (3ft) tall. Wind-pollinated and monoecious. Adapts to light sandy or medium loamy, well-drained soils with poor to moderate fertility. Tolerates mildly acid to very alkaline and saline soils. Requires full sun and handles both dry and moist conditions with drought tolerance. Withstands strong winds but not maritime exposure.

How to Grow

We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though it should be possible to grow it as a spring-sown annual. It is quite possibly no more than a synonym for A. patula. It does not appear in the Flora of North America and so this name is of rather dubious standing. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Succeeds in full sun in any well-drained but not too fertile soil. Most species in this genus tolerate saline and very alkaline soils.

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

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

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An annual growing to 0.9 m (3ft) tall. Wind-pollinated and monoecious. Adapts to light sandy or medium loamy, well-drained soils with poor to moderate fertility. Tolerates mildly acid to very alkaline and saline soils. Requires full sun and handles both dry and moist conditions with drought tolerance. Withstands strong winds but not maritime exposure.