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Atriplex suberecta
Lagoon Saltbush
Notes

Uses: A hardy ground cover for saline and degraded sites. Dense matting effect suppresses weeds and stabilizes soil. Requires good drainage.
Attracts native butterflies, caterpillar food plant.
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.


:LE: Lake Eyre   
:NU: Nullarbor      
: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 0.2-1m
  • Spread 0.8-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Chenopodiaceae
  • Botanical Name Atriplex suberecta
  • Common Name Lagoon Saltbush
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA, Tas
  • Habit Spreading
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost, Soil salinity, Fire
  • Supplementary Watering None
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Habitat, Erosion
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Groundcover
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region