Detail
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Atriplex semibaccata
Berry Saltbush
Notes

Uses: Soil and erosion control in high saline areas. Effective weed control in verges and nature strips and roundabouts.

Attracts native butterflies, caterpillar food plant.

Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

Note: Fire retardant plant as per SA Country Fire Service, contact for further information.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

   
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.  
 

  • Height 0.1-0.3m
  • Spread 1-3m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Chenopodiaceae
  • Botanical Name Atriplex semibaccata
  • Common Name Berry Saltbush
  • Origin SA, VIC, NSW, QLD, WA, NT
  • Habit Prostrate, Creeping, Mat-forming
  • Landscape Plains, Watercourse
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Fire, Lime, Moderate frost, Soil salinity
  • Supplementary Watering None
  • Flower Colour Pink
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Habitat, Erosion
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Groundcover
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region