| Common Name |
Brewer's Salt Bush, Big Saltbush, Quail Brush |
| Latin Name |
Atriplex lentiformis |
| Native Habitat |
Dry areas of the west from 0 to 5,000 feet |
| Soil |
Dry, decomposed granite, sand, clay loam low in organic
content, well drained |
| Water |
Once per month |
| Height X Width |
To 7 feet X 7 feet |
| Protective Mechanism |
None |
| Leaves |
Grey, evergreen |
| Garden Suitability |
Moonlight, Thornless, Songbird, Butterfly,
Ethnobotanical |
| Ornamental Value |
Yellow flowers July to October, evergreen grey leaves,
slight odor of cat urine |
| Nature Value |
Birds use seeds, plant browsed by small mammals, larval
plant for Saltbush Sootywing butterfly |
| Native American Uses |
All parts of plant are edible but salty |
| Links |
|
| Images and data |
http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=134 |
| Images and data |
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ATLE |
| Images and data |
http://www.theodorepayne.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Atriplex_lentiformis_ssp._lentiformis |
| Images and data |
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/atrlen/all.html |
| Images and data |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atriplex_lentiformis |
| Images and data |
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/97805/ |
| Images and data |
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=987 |
| Images and data |
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Chenopodiaceae/Atriplex_breweri.html |
| Data |
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Atriplex+lentiformis |
| Data |
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242415598 |
|
Distribution, images, and
data |
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ATLE |
| Nursery, images, and data |
http://www.cnplx.info/nplx/species?taxon=Atriplex+lentiformis+ssp.+lentiformis |
| Nursery, images, and data |
http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/atriplex-lentiformis-breweri |
| Note: |
High pollinator |
