Index / Search / Atriplex patula
§1 Plant
Atriplex patula L.
vernacular spear saltbush — species · Chenopodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Atriplex
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 520 counties across 41 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 520 counties across 41 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 3 I ▾
California view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 54 I ▾
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Eaton 26045
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Columbiana 39029
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Mercer 39107
- Morrow 39117
- Ottawa 39123
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Monroe 42089
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Hyde 46069
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Roberts 46109
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Union 46127
Texas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince Edward 51147
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Smyth 51173
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 7 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Lafayette 55065
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pierce 55093
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ATPA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3083728 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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