Seasonal Wild Flowers

Grass-leaved Orache

Atriplex littoralis

Chenopodiaceae

July to September

It is found allround the coast except for parts of the

far Southwest.

It is found inland on the eastern side of the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Grass-leaved Orache

It grows near the sea in saltmarsh drift-lines and on

estuarine banks.

Since the 1980s it has been spreading inland alongside

salted road verges,

Grass-leaved Orache is a native, annual herb, growing

up to 1.5m.

The small male and female flowers are on flower spikes.

Leaves are lanceolate and some are toothed.

The mid-ribs are opaque.

Grass-leaved Orache by a road, York

Flower spike - fruits

Fruits

Leaves

Leaf with opaque mid-rib