Atriplex paludosa R.Br.

Decumbent or erect shrub to 1 m high, predominantly dioecious. Leaves narrowly elliptic to orbicular, acute or obtuse, attenuate at base, entire; lamina 1–4 cm long, 2–15 mm wide; petiole 2–4 mm long. Male flowers in disjunct glomerules c. 2 mm diam. forming panicles 6–25 cm long. Female flowers in congested panicles c. 15 cm long. Fruiting bracteoles sessile or with slender or cylindrical stipe 1–3 mm long; valves free, orbicular to triangular, obtuse to acute, attentuate to cordate at base, 7–12 mm long and wide, entire or with a prominent antrorse tooth on either margin above widest point, or rarely denticulate; appendages absent, rarely present in subsp. paludosa.

It grows in warm temperate places. It usually grows in salt marshes. It grows on the landward edge. It grows both on the coast and inland. Tasmania Herbarium.

Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.