Common name:
Common orache
Family:
Scientific name:
Atriplex patula
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Open ground; grassland, verges, hillsides, especially coastal areas
Flowers:
Tiny, clustered; green maturing to reddish, in branched, elongated clusters, subtended by leafy bracts
Leaves:
Diamond shaped to triangular along the lower half of the stem, lined by a few large, forwards-pointing teeth, or lobes; lanceolate to oblong higher up, and generally unlobed. Leaf bases taper gradually to the stalk
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
