Atriplex stipitata Benth.

Erect shrub to 1 m high, predominantly dioecious. Leaves narrowly elliptic to orbicular, entire obtuse or rounded at apex, sometimes conduplicate and recurved when dry; with scaly sheen on both surfaces; lamina 7–25 mm long; petiole 2–3 mm long. Male flowers in small disjunct glomerules forming spikes or panicles. Female flowers in well-spaced clusters forming slender spikes. Fruiting bracteoles on a slender stipe to 10 mm long; valves reniform, cordate, to 5 mm long and 10 mm wide, thin, appressed, joined at base to form a compressed turbinate tube, appendages absent. Seed with lateral, erect radicle.

It grows in warm temperate places. It grows in the arid interior. It suits salty areas. It will grow in most types of soils. It can tolerate frost.

Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.