Amaranthaceae
Atriplex

Atriplex patula L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1053 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon

Introduced into:

Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Ascension, Azores, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado, Denmark, Illinois, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Labrador, Magadan, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norway, Primorye, St.Helena, Sweden, Tasmania, Uruguay, Yakutiya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Brignone, N.F., Denham, S.S. & Pozner, R. (2016). Synopsis of the genus Atriplex (Amaranthaceae, Chenopodioideae) for South America. Australian Systematic Botany 29: 324-357.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. (1997). Flora Iranica 172: 1-371. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2001). Flora Nordica 2: 1-430. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1988). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 3: 1-419. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Korovin, E.P. & Vvedensky, A.I. (eds.) (1953). Flora Uzbekistana 2: 1-547. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Malyshev, L.I. (2003). Flora of Siberia 5: 1-305. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Skvortsov, A.K. (2011). Zametka o dvukh sredneaziatskich topolyakh. Byulleten' Glavnogo Botaniceskogo Sada 195: 32-37.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2020). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(1): 1-378. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Brown, L.C. (1982). The Flora and Fauna of St Helena: 1-88. Land Resources Development Centre, Surbiton, England.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2001). Flora Nordica 2: 1-430. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1988). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 3: 1-419. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Korovin, E.P. & Vvedensky, A.I. (eds.) (1953). Flora Uzbekistana 2: 1-547. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Malyshev, L.I. (2003). Flora of Siberia 5: 1-305. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Skvortsov, A.K. (2011). Zametka o dvukh sredneaziatskich topolyakh. Byulleten' Glavnogo Botaniceskogo Sada 195: 32-37.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) (2020). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(1): 1-378. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005391402 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [s.n.] K005391360 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005391391 Yes
Bloxam, A. (Rev.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K005391401 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] K005391372 Yes
Hosking, A. [s.n.] K005391366 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [s.n.] K005391361 Yes
Baher, J.G. [s.n.] K005391405 Yes
Baker, R.L. [1084b] K005391400 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [7259] K005391393 Yes
Bloxam, A. [s.n.] K005391403 Yes
Smith, N.J.G. [s.n.] K005391377 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005391399 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [47633] K005391382 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005391387 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [26370] Ireland K005391369 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [Ch8] K005391389 Yes
Marshall, E.S. [314] K005391395 Yes
s.coll. [4964] K005391396 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [606/3] K005391397 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [s.n.] K005391362 Yes
s.coll. [4964] K005391398 Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] K005391354 Yes
Thurston, E.; Medlin, L.T. [s.n.] K005391383 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005391371 Yes
[J. Lepebre] [186] Algeria K005392952 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [28122] K005391355 Yes
Tatum, E.J. [1193c] K005391394 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [Ch7] K005391358 Yes
Medlin, L.T. [s.n.] K005391356 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005391406 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] K005391386 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [386] K005391378 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [47439D] K005391380 Yes
Baker, J.G. [[922a/b]] K005391408 Yes
Lansdowne (Lady) [H22291934] Ireland K005391379 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] K005391385 Yes
Freedman, N.J. [s.n.] K005391376 Yes
Bates, G.H. [H1374/47] K005391363 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [600/8] K005391392 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [s.n.] K005391359 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [47597B] K005391381 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] K005391365 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [1422] K005391368 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005391409 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] K005391374 Yes
Baker, J.G. [[922a/b]] K005391407 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] K005391373 Yes
Devis, H.F. [s.n.] K005391404 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005392953 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [1640] K005391370 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [Ch8] K005391390 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005391364 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] K005391384 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [Ch7] K005391357 Yes
Britton, C.E. [2476] K005391375 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [Ch8] K005391388 Yes
Baher, J.G. [s.n.] K005391367 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images