Atriplex isatidea
4 July 2019 | by Robyn Benken
Scientific name
Atriplex isatidea
Common name
Coast saltbush
Plant description
A silver-grey plant to 2 m high with a scaly leaf surface. Growing on primary dunes this plant copes well with strong light, shifting sand, salt and wind. The male and female flowers are on the same or separate plants. Larvae of a butterfly, the saltbush blue, feed on various saltbushes.
See more on Florabase.
Flower colour
Green – mostly
Flowering months
March to June and September to October
