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§1 Plant
Atriplex argentea Nutt.
vernacular silverscale saltbush — species · Chenopodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Atriplex
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 245 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 245 counties across 19 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
California view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alpine 06003
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Kings 06031
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Dickinson 20041
- Finney 20055
- Grant 20067
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Kearny 20093
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sherman 20181
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Sumner 20191
- Wallace 20199
- Wyandotte 20209
Montana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carter 30011
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- McCone 30055
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
Nebraska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Grant 38037
- LaMoure 38045
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Pierce 38069
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bailey 48017
- Brewster 48043
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Culberson 48109
- Donley 48129
- El Paso 48141
- Garza 48169
- Hall 48191
- Hockley 48219
- Hudspeth 48229
- Loving 48301
- Mitchell 48335
- Montague 48337
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Ward 48475
- Wichita 48485
- Wilbarger 48487
Utah view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ATAR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8175705 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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