Amaranths, Goosefoots & Allies

Amaranth Family - Amaranthaceae

Shrubby Orache Atriplex halimus

Native in the Canary Islands and eastward through the Mediterranean Region to the Middle and the Horn of Africa. Differs from the other oraches in being a woody, perennial shrub.


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Leaves

Habit	Habit	Fruiting spike

Glaucous Orache Atriplex glauca

Native to the Canary Islands eastwards through North Africa to the Middle East and in the Iberian Peninsula. Common as a coloniser of roadsides and frequent in sandy places. Very variable in leaf shape; the native plant is subspecies ifniensis but roadside plants may be introduced from Iberia (and thus subspecies glauca).


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Flowers

Leaves	Leaves	Leaves	Leaves

Berry Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata

Introduced from Australia to many warmer parts of the world. Quite common in Fuerteventura on roadsides and rough ground.


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Flowers

Leaf	Early fruit	Fruits	Fruits

Atriplex semilunaris

Introduced to the Canary Islands from Western Australia. Common in Fuerteventura on roadsides and rough ground.


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Leaves

Leaves	Leaf	Seed capsules	Seed capsules

Atriplex suberecta

Introduced to the Canary Islands from southern Australia. Frequent in Fuerteventura on roadsides and rough ground with other oraches.


Habit	Leaves	Leaves	Leaf

Leaf	Seed capsules	Seed capsules	Seed capsules

Nettle-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodiastrum murale

Native in the Canary Islands and throughout most of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and India. Typically a plant of field margins and gardens where the soil is cultivated.


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Flowers

Leaf	Leaf

Patellifolia procumbens

Endemic to Macaronesia from Madeira to the Cape Verde islands. Occurs on all of the main Canary Islands. Three species of Patellifolia were once considered to occur in the Canary Islands but, more recently, they have all been lumped together as merely forms of this species, in which case, the range would extend through the Mediterranean to north-east Africa.


Habit	Flowers	Leaves	Leaves

Leaf	Leaf	Stem

Patellifolia patellaris

Native to the Canary Islands and locally through the Mediterranean to north-east Africa. Now generally considered to be merely a form of Patellifolia procumbens