| Atriplex truncata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Atriplex |
| Species: | A. truncata |
| Binomial name | |
| Atriplex truncata (Torr. ex. S.Wats.) A.Gray |
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Atriplex truncata is a species of saltbush known by the common names wedgeleaf saltbush, wedgescale, and wedge orach.
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and to New Mexico. It grows in montane to desert habitats with saline soils such as dry lake beds.
This is an annual herb producing erect, angled stems to 60 or 70 or more centimeters in height. Leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters long and wedge-shaped. The stems and herbage are generally very scaly and scurfy. Male and female flowers are produced in small clusters in the leaf axils.