Atriplex semibaccata
naturalizedAmaranthaceae

Atriplex semibaccata

berry saltbush

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Atriplex semibaccata, the Australian saltbush, berry saltbush, or creeping saltbush, is native to Australia, commonly found in coastal regions from Victoria to Cardwell in Queensland. It is a prostrate growing ground cover plant of the Amaranthaceae family that grows to around 180 cm wide, and flowers year round. It is tolerant of saline and dry conditions making it commonly used as an animal feed source in poorer agricultural areas: it is grazed by livestock, and birds are...

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Seasonality

Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Where documented · 35 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 92 · GBIF 76 records