Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson

Shrubs, dioecious or less commonly monoecious, mainly 10-25(-35) dm, as broad or broader, unarmed or rarely so; branchlets terete, commonly puberulent. Leaves persistent, alternate, petiolate; blade gray-green, deltate to rhombic, ovate, or oblong-elliptic, 5-50 × 5-50 mm, base truncate to subhastate, margin entire to repand or subhastately lobed, apex rounded to obtuse, scurfy. Staminate flowers yellow, in clusters 1-2 mm wide, borne in panicles 0.5-5 dm. Pistillate flowers with less complex panicles. Fruiting bracteoles sessile, orbiculate to oval, greatly compressed, mainly 3-4.5 mm and wide, crenulate, apex rounded. Seeds brown, 0.8-1.6 mm wide. 2n = 18.

It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows in areas with a rainfall between 300-500 mm per year. It grows in dry, salty and alkaline soils. It cannot tolerate frost. It can grow in arid places.

Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.