Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Frosted Orache, Atriplex laciniata, Eilifleog phlúrach
Photographs: Inchidoney, Co. Cork

Frosted Orache
Atriplex laciniata
Eilifleog phlúrach
Family: Chenopodiaceae

Flowering July-September. Annual. Native.

Spike of tiny flowers, the male flowers with 5 stamens. The bracteoles are fused to halfway. The diamond-shaped leaves are silvery-grey, wavy-edged and very white-mealy. Very distinctive sprawling growth habit with mealy, usually reddish stems. Spread to 30cm.

Found around Irish coasts on sand and shingle beaches, occasionally on salt-marsh drift-lines. Populations are often sporadic.

Similar: Spear-leaved Orache , Atriplex prostrata

Frosted Orache, Atriplex laciniata, Eilifleog phlúrach

Frosted Orache, Atriplex laciniata, Eilifleog phlúrach
Frosted Orache, Atriplex laciniata, Eilifleog phlúrach

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