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Atriplex holocarpa F.Muell.
Pop Saltbush

Reference
Rep.Pl.Babbage's Exped. 19 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Monoecious, short-lived perennial or annual, herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Sand, sandy loam, clay loam. Saline swamps & flats, salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 September 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Carlisle, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dundas, East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Murchison, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.