Atriplex canescens
Fourwing Saltbush · Nuttall's Saltbush · Chamiso
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
The plant
- Habit
- shrubPlants of the World Online
- Habit
- Perennial, ShrubPLANTS Database
- Height
- 9.0 ft2.7 mPLANTS Database
- Flower
- YellowPLANTS Database
- Blooms
- Late SummerPLANTS Database
- Native range
- Canada, lower 48 statesPLANTS Database
Growing conditions
- Sun
- Shade tolerance: MediumPLANTS Database
- Soil
- Adapted to coarse, medium, fine textured soilsPLANTS Database
- Soil pH
- 6.6-9.5PLANTS Database
- Moisture
- Moisture use: MediumPLANTS Database
- Watering
- Drought tolerance: HighPLANTS Database
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS.
Worth knowing
- The four-winged fruits grow on female plants only. It hybridizes with at least a dozen other saltbushes, and new forms keep turning up. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: Atriplex canescens
- It can take up enough selenium from the soil to be toxic to livestock. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: Atriplex canescens
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998Difficulty Very high
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 7 days to germinate.
7% germination in 7 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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