Atriplex prostrata subsp. calotheca
(Rafn.) M. A. Gust.
Hastate orache
Anastasiia Merkulova
Anastasiia Merkulova
John Barkla
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
The leaves are cooked and used as a vegetable. The seeds can be ground into flour.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It usually grows near the sea.
Africa, Armenia, Asia, Australia, Caucasus, Europe, Korea, North Africa, Tasmania,
How to Identify
A stout annual herb. It can be 1 m high. It can be branched from the base or erect. The branches are strongly ribbed and often red. The leaves are green and triangle shaped.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Atriplex prostrata, called the spear-leaved orache, hastate orache, thin-leaf orache, triangle orache, and fat hen, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the saltbush genus Atriplex, native to Europe, Macaronesia, northern Africa, Ethiopia, the Middle East, western Siberia, and Central Asia, and introduced to temperate North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, and Primorsky Krai in far eastern Russia. It is a facultative halophyte.
Other Information
It is sold in local markets.
Notes
They have also been put in the family Chenopodiaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Mokhrateluk
References (6)
- Bodkin, F., 1991, Encyclopedia Botanica. Cornstalk publishing, p 118
- Curtis, W.M., 1993, The Student's Flora of Tasmania. Part 3 St David's Park Publishing, Tasmania, p 575
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 75
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 103
- Nanagulyan, S., et al, 2020, Wild plants and fungi sold in the markets of Yerevan (Armenia). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16:26
- Sp. pl. 2:1053. 1753, nom. rej.
