Atriplex suberecta

Sprawling saltbush, Sprawling Saltbush

Family: Chenopodiaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Sprawling saltbush is a naturalized perennial herb found in southern California coastal regions, including Santa Catalina Island, San Joaquin Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, western Transverse Ranges, and desert regions at elevations below 925 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces inconspicuous greenish flowers with scaly bracts. Growing with decumbent to ascending stems 20 to 60 centimeters long, it has a densely scaled base that spreads across disturbed places and fields. Its leaves are 12 to 30 millimeters long, ranging from ovate to diamond-shaped, with coarse irregular serrations and a fine scaly undersurface. The plant's compact, sprawling growth habit and scaled stems distinguish it in open, disturbed habitats.

Habitat: Disturbed places, fields

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 925 m

Bioregions: SnJV, SnFrB, SCo, s ChI (Santa Catalina Island), WTR, PR, DSon

California counties: Riverside, San Diego, Alameda, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Kings, Merced, Marin, San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, Fresno, San Joaquin, Tulare, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Solano

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.