Atriplex prostrataBoucher ex DC.

Creeping Saltbush

WFO wfo-0000556490 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Atriplex prostrata, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. a Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-27 / obs. 201489388
Atriplex prostrata, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. b Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191473508
Atriplex prostrata, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. c Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197186033
Atriplex prostrata, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. d Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188237745
Atriplex prostrata, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. e Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191017937
Atriplex prostrata, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. f Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185685243
Atriplex prostrata, photographed by John Barkla
fig. g John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180167092
Atriplex prostrata, photographed by Penelope Noel Gillette
fig. h Penelope Noel Gillette, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186308444

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Flowering n = 182 observations

Peak flowering in Aug, from 182 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 55 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Atriplex calotheca (Rafn) Fr.
  • Atriplex decumbens Schult.
  • Atriplex deltoidea Bab.
  • Atriplex elongata Guss.
  • Atriplex gigantea Poir. ex Moq.
  • Atriplex gracilis Nutt. ex Moq.
  • Atriplex halimoides Raf.
  • Atriplex hastata L.
  • Atriplex hastata subsp. polonica (Zapał.) Aellen
  • Atriplex hastata var. calotheca Rafn
  • Atriplex hastata var. macrotheca Rafn
  • Atriplex hastata var. microtheca Schumach.
  • Atriplex hastata var. prostrata (Boucher ex DC.) Lange
  • Atriplex hastata var. salina Wallr. ex Gren.
  • Atriplex hastata var. triangularis (Willd.) Moq.
  • Atriplex hastifolia Salisb.
  • Atriplex integrifolia Krock. ex Steud.
  • Atriplex lacera Desf.
  • Atriplex laciniata var. americana Torr.
  • Atriplex latifolia Wahlenb.
  • Atriplex latifolia subsp. prostrata (Boucher ex DC.) Hiitonen
  • Atriplex latifolia subsp. triangularis (Willd.) Hiitonen
  • Atriplex macrotheca Moq.
  • Atriplex microcarpa Waldst. & Kit.

and 31 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.