Atriplex laciniata

Atriplex laciniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. laciniata
Binomial name
Atriplex laciniata
L.
Synonyms
List
    • Chenopodium laciniatum (L.) Thunb.
    • Obione laciniata (L.) G.L. Chu
    • Schizotheca laciniata (L.) Fourr.
    • Atriplex abbreviata Opiz
    • Atriplex albicans Willd.
    • Atriplex arenaria J. Woods
    • Atriplex astracanica Balb.
    • Atriplex astrachanica Ledeb.
    • Atriplex bocconii Guss.
    • Atriplex farinosa Dumort.
    • Atriplex incisa Ledeb.
    • Atriplex laciniata var. truncata Gray
    • Atriplex maritima L.
    • Atriplex microphylla Schur
    • Atriplex nivea Merino
    • Atriplex pruinosa Sieber ex Moq.
    • Atriplex sabulosa Rouy
    • Atriplex sinuata (Thunb.) Aellen
    • Atriplex sinuata Hoffm.
    • Atriplex thunbergiana Schult.
    • Atriplex tornabenei var. nivea (Merino) Merino
    • Chenopodium pinnatum Moq.
    • Chenopodium sinuatum Thunb.
    • Obione sabulosa (Rouy) G.L. Chu

Atriplex laciniata, generally known as frosted orache, is a silvery-white sprawling plant that occurs on sandy beaches, mainly along the western coasts of Europe, and (much more sparsely) in the Mediterranean. It has been introduced to North America, probably with ballast on ships, but it remains very rare. It is a characteristic annual plant of strandline vegetation at the top of beaches and one of the earliest colonisers of bare sand.