Atriplex serenana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Atriplex serenana A. Nelson ex Abrams

Bractscale, Saltscale, Tractscale

Atriplex serenana is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~499 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. davidsonii ... var. serenana
Genus:	Atriplex
Family:	Chenopodiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Obione bracteosa

Information about Atriplex serenana from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ATSE2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Varieties Info: There are two varieties of this species. The rarer of the two, Davidson's saltscale (var. davidsonii), is limited to the coastline of southern California and Baja California. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/29/2025).