Plants annual or short-lived perennial, erect to procumbent or diffuse. Leaves with Kranz-type anatomy. Pistillate flowers lacking perianth, enclosed by a pair of bracteoles. Bracteoles distinct or united, thin or variously thickened, but not spongy, appendages tuberculate, foliaceous, inflated, spinose, or lacking, not spongy. Seeds ascending or erect; radicle lateral.

Distribution

Introduced in United States and elsewhere, Australia.

Discussion

Species ca. 36 species (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Atriplex semibaccata, Atriplex suberecta