Atriplex isatidea

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.

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Flower colour

Green – mostly

Flowering months

March to June and September to October