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Taxon:  Atriplex semibaccata R. Br.



Summary
Genus:
Atriplex
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
6042
Place of publication:
Prodr. 406. 1810
Verified:
04/28/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
13 (12  active, 5  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
  2. Black, J. M. Flora of Southern Australia, ed. 2. 1943-1957
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  5. Burbidge, N. T. & M. Gray. Flora of the Australian Capital Territory. 1970
  6. Cabrera, A. L., ed. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. 1965-1970
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  8. Danin, A. Distribution atlas of plants in the Flora Palaestina area. 2004
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  14. George, A. S., ed. 1984. Flora of Australia. 1980- 4:109-110.
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  16. Guillarmod, A. J. Flora of Lesotho. 1971
  17. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
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Common names
English
Australian saltbush –
berry saltbush –
creeping saltbush –
diamond saltbush –
half-berry saltbush –
Portuguese
alfalfa-arbórea –
Spanish
pasto salado –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDistrict of Columbia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Northern America
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Washington]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [District of Columbia]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion control Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Weedpotential seed contaminant Campbell, F. T., ed. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. 1995 (unpublished draft)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=6042. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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