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Coast Saltbush

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Scientific Name:Atriplex cinerea
Coastal Saltbush plant
Coast Saltbush plant
Photo: A J Brown

Other Common Name:
Grey Saltbush

Status:
Native to all Australian States.

Plant Description:
Shrub to 1 m high and 2 m wide, with silver-grey lance-shaped to oblong leaves, up to 10 cm long with a blunt apex and a short stalk.

Plants are dioecious (separate male and female plants). Female flowers in axillary clusters (arising from the axils or junctions between stem and leaf). Males in large globular clusters on a long thick spike or spicate panicle. Fruiting bracts are fused below the middle, 8-15 mm long, are sometimes swollen at the base and become woody at maturity.

Habitat:
Found in sheltered parts of coastal marshes from the west of the State to west Gippsland. Has high salt tolerance. Coast Saltbush has moderate waterlogging tolerance.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
*Western, *Gippsland S2, S3, S4W1, W2, W3
*coastal only

Comments:
Male and females plants often grow in parallel rows with the males closer to the sea.

Coast Saltbush photos

Coastal Saltbush leaf
Coast Saltbush leaf
Photo: A J Brown
Coastal Saltbush male flowerhead
Female flowerhead of Coast Saltbush
Photo: A J Brown

Coastal Saltbush male flowerhead
Male flowers of Coast Saltbush
Photo: A J Brown

Coastal Saltbush female flower
Male flowerheads of Coast Saltbush
Photo: A J Brown

Coastal Saltbush plant
Coast Saltbush plant
Photo: A J Brown

Coastal Saltbush female flower
Female flowerheads of Coast Saltbush
Photo: A J Brown

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