Atriplex rosea is a species of saltbush known by the common names tumbling saltbush, red orach, redscale[1] and tumbling orach (/ˈɒrətʃ/;[2] also spelled orache). It is native to Eurasia but it is widespread elsewhere as an introduced species.
This is an annual herb with erect, hairless stems growing up to 1.5 meters, 4.5 feet, in height. The leaves are green to red in color, oval to triangular to lance-shaped, and with edges which are smooth to wavy. Each leaf has three prominent veins and is up to six centimeters long and three wide. The male and female flowers are borne in clusters or spikelike inflorescences.
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^"orache". Oxford English Dictionary third edition. Oxford University Press. June 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
Atriplexrosea is a species of saltbush known by the common names tumbling saltbush, red orach, redscale and tumbling orach (/ˈɒrətʃ/; also spelled orache)...
Atriplex (/ˈætrɪplɛks/) is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (/ˈɒrɪtʃ, -ətʃ/; also spelled orach). It...
spelled orach) is a common name of at least two related plants: Atriplex hortensis Atriplexrosea, native to Eurasia This page is an index of articles on plant...
and Corispermum hyssopifolium, which are called plains tumbleweed. Atriplexrosea is called the tumbling oracle or tumbling orach. Among the Amaranthaceae...
species Tamarisk - Tamarix ramosissima and tumbleweed, Tumbling oracle - Atriplexrosea are successful and problematic competitors. The saltbush can reach 3...
which it is particularly characteristic, the Chenopodium vulvaria - Atriplexrosea association, which occurs in the Camargue and elsewhere. This is described...
sophorae), shoestring acacia (A. stenophylla), and pindan wattle (A. tumida). Atriplex nummularia – old man saltbush Brachychiton species, such as kurrajong (Brachychiton...
indigenous Atriplexrosea L. not indigenous Atriplex semibaccata R.Br. not indigenous, invasive Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell. not indigenous Atriplex suberecta...
depressions that are often flooded by the sea, including species such as Atriplex pentandra, Batis maritima, Heterostachys ritteriana, Salicornia fruticosa...