Atriplex hortensis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 96

4. A. hortensis L. , Sp. Pl. 1053 (1753).

Erect annual up to 250 cm. Leaves usually more than 10 cm, cordate- or hastatetriangular, slightly dentate or almost entire, the uppermost triangular or oblong-lanceolate, slightly farinose when young, more or less glabrous when mature, often purple-brown. Inflorescence terminal, spicate. Female flowers dimorphic. Bracteoles 5-15 mm, orbicular-cordate. Seeds horizontal and vertical. Cultivated throughout most of Europe as a vegetable and naturalized in the centre and south. [Al Au Bu Cr^Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E).]