Atriplex glabriuscula

Atriplex glabriuscula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. glabriuscula
Binomial name
Atriplex glabriuscula
Edmondston

Atriplex glabriuscula, usually known in English as Babington's orache, is a prostrate to ascending plant that occurs on shingle beaches in NW Europe, and (as an introduction) in NE North America. It is a characteristic annual of strandline vegetation at the top of sand and shingle beaches.

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