Saltbush

Saltbush is a vernacular plant name that most often refers to ''Atriplex'', a genus of about 250 plants distributed worldwide from subtropical to subarctic regions. ''Atriplex'' species are native to Australia, North and South America, and Eurasia. Many ''Atriplex'' species are halophytes and are adapted to dry environments with salty soils.

The genus ''Chenopodium'' is taxonomically a cousin of the genus ''Atriplex''. Certain chenopodiums may be called saltbushes, including ''C. robertianum'' and ''C. nutans''.

''Sarcobatus vermiculatus'', native to North America, is a halophyte plant, and is sometimes informally called a saltbush.

File:Atriplex canescens habit.jpg|Four-winged saltbush (''Atriplex canescens'') File:Einadia hastata Brush Farm.JPG|''Chenopodium robertianum'' berries File:Einadia nutans 1.jpg|''Chenopodium nutans'' berries File:Sarcobatus vermiculatus (4018712194).jpg|Cone-like structures containing the female flowers of ''Sarcobatus vermiculatus'' Provided by Wikipedia