Botanical name

Atriplex patula subsp. austro-africana

Family

Amaranthaceae

Common Name

Salt Bush

Description

Sprawling grey, annual up to 50cm. Leaves lanceolate to rhomboid, coarsely toothed to lobed below, smooth above; flowers clustered in elongate spikes, whitish; fruiting bracts rhomboid, often with small horns up to 2mm long.

Habitat

Coastal sands

Flower Date

November to April