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Scientific name Atriplex hortensis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 1053 (1753)

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Common products:
Leaves and young stems are used as a leafy vegetable. It is cultivated and foraged in parts of Eurasia, consumed fresh, blanched, or cooked as a potherb; occasional use as an ornamental/edible with variegated or reddish foliage.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Edible fresh or cooked as a vegetable; occasionally used in grain- and lentil-based dishes, soups, sautés, and pickles in regional cuisines. Flavor is mild to slightly salty; a mealy or gritty mouthfeel occurs in some accessions due to surface waxes, which can be reduced by blanching.

Properties relevant to use:
High leaf succulence with relatively low fiber contributes to rapid cooking. The leaf surface bears epicuticular crystals and bladder (epidermal) hairs that can give a mealy texture; water blanching and mechanical abrasion reduce this effect. Oxalate and nitrate levels vary among cultivars and growing conditions, which can influence processing choices.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Atriplex acuminata M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 641 (1819)
Atriplex atrosanguinea Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 875, in syn. 1895
Atriplex benghalensis Lam. Encycl. 1: 276 (1783)
Atriplex heterantha Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1781 (1852)
Atriplex purpurea Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 875, in syn. 1895
Atriplex ruberrima Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 91 (1849)
Atriplex rubra (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 206 (1766)
Atriplex spectabilis Ehrh. ex Moq. Prodr. 13(2): 91 (1849)
Atriplex virgata Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. : 377 (1821)
Chenopodium benghalense (Lam.) Spielm. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 348 (1840)
Atriplex hortensis subsp. nitens S.Pons Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 9: 409 1902

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Language Common/alternative name
English orach
English garden orache
English garden orach
English french spinach
English arrach
English mountain spinach
English red orache
English orache
English red orach
Spanish armuelle
Spanish armuella de huerta
Spanish armuelle mole
Spanish bledos moles
Spanish cogolletes
Spanish espinaca de carne
Spanish ramos de coral
Spanish armoles
Spanish armuelles
Spanish bledos reales colorados
Spanish bledos molles
Spanish armuelles de zorra
Spanish armuelles de huerta
Spanish armuelles cultivados
Spanish armuelle de huerta
Spanish armuelles blancos
Arabic بقل الروم
Arabic اسفناخ
Arabic بقل ذهبي
Arabic سبانخ حجازي
Arabic رغل بستاني
Arabic القطف
Azerbaijani atriplex acuminata
Belarusian лябеднік садовы
Catalan armoll
Czech lebeda zahradní
cv Пахчари мăян
Welsh llygwyn yr ardd
Danish have-mælde
Danish havemælde
Danish havemelde
Danish melspinat
German spanischer spinat
German garten-melde
German gartenmelde
German orache
German spanischer salat
Greek Αγριοσπανάκι
Esperanto atriplo ĝardena
Estonian aedmalts
Basque garadaizka
Persian سلمکی باغی
Finnish tarhamaltsa
French arroche épinard
French belle-dame
French bonne-dame
French chou d’amour
French epinard géant
French arroche
French arroche des jardins
French arroche bonne-dame
frr guardmial
Galician armol
Croatian vrtna pepeljuga
Upper Sorbian zahrodna łoboda
Hungarian kerti laboda
Indonesian bayam prancis
Italian bietolone rosso
Italian atreplice degli orti
Italian atriplice degli orti
Japanese オラーチェ
Japanese あかざ
Japanese ヤマホウレンソウ
Kannada ಚಕ್ಕೋತ ಸೊಪ್ಪು
Latvian dārza balodene
Norwegian Bokmål fjellspinat
Norwegian Bokmål hagemelde
Dutch tuinmelde
os Футæг
os Футæджытæ
Polish Łoboda ogrodowa
Portuguese erva-armola
Portuguese armolas
Romanian lobodă
Russian Лебеда садовая
Russian лебеда садовая
Slovak loboda záhradná
Slovenian vrtna loboda
Slovenian loboda vrtna
Swedish mållspenat
Swedish trädgårdsmålla
Tamil அர்டீபிலக்சு ஓர்டென்சிசு
Turkish kara pazı
Ukrainian Лобода садова
Chinese 山菠菜
Chinese 洋菠菜
Chinese 榆钱菠菜 yu qian bo cai
Chinese 榆钱菠菜
Chinese 粉藜
Chinese 榆錢菠菜

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Turkmenistan
    • Russian Far East
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • West Siberia
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Nepal
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Vietnam
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Maryland
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000556137
UNII I83S1E713B
Canadensys 4479
USDA Plants ATHO
Tropicos 7200081
INPN 85075
Flora of Italy 11603
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:272934-2
The Plant List kew-2665365
Missouri Botanical Garden 279153
Open Tree Of Life 733240
Observations.org 6403
NCBI Taxonomy 34272
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003115
Nature Serve 2.152722
IPNI 272934-2
iNaturalist 62340
GBIF 3083761
Freebase /m/03wj1ff
WisFlora 7067
EPPO ATXHO
EOL 586486
Elurikkus 2998
Calflora (Californian flora) 983
USDA GRIN 6017
Wikipedia Atriplex_hortensis
PFAF Atriplex hortensis

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Scientific Literature Top

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Olfactory Responses of Asproparthenis punctiventris Germar to Leaf Odours of Amaranthaceae Plants Koschier EH, Dittmann L, Spangl B Insects 22-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11050719
doi:10.3390/insects15040297
PMID:38667427
Hortensins, Type 1 Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from Seeds of Red Mountain Spinach: Isolation, Characterization, and Their Effect on Glioblastoma Cells Ragucci S, Russo V, Clemente A, Campanile MG, Oliva MA, Landi N, Pedone PV, Arcella A, Di Maro A Toxins (Basel) 04-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10975204
doi:10.3390/toxins16030135
PMID:38535801
Microgreens on the rise: Expanding our horizons from farm to fork Lone JK, Pandey R, Gayacharan Heliyon 11-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10881865
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25870
PMID:38390124
Basella alba L. (Malabar Spinach) as an Abundant Source of Betacyanins: Identification, Stability, and Bioactivity Studies on Natural and Processed Fruit Pigments Sutor-Świeży K, Górska R, Kumorkiewicz-Jamro A, Dziedzic E, Bieniasz M, Mielczarek P, Popenda Ł, Pasternak K, Tyszka-Czochara M, Baj-Krzyworzeka M, Stefańska M, Błyszczuk P, Wybraniec S J Agric Food Chem 01-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10870984
doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06225
PMID:38301126
Involvement of Alfin-Like Transcription Factors in Plant Development and Stress Response Jin R, Yang H, Muhammad T, Li X, Tuerdiyusufu D, Wang B, Wang J Genes (Basel) 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10887727
doi:10.3390/genes15020184
PMID:38397174
PHD finger proteins function in plant development and abiotic stress responses: an overview Quan W, Chan Z, Wei P, Mao Y, Bartels D, Liu X Front Plant Sci 17-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10693458
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1297607
PMID:38046601
Unveiling Alternative Oxidation Pathways and Antioxidant and Cardioprotective Potential of Amaranthin-Type Betacyanins from Spinach-like Atriplex hortensis var. ‘Rubra’ Kumorkiewicz-Jamro A, Górska R, Krok-Borkowicz M, Mielczarek P, Popenda Ł, Lystvan K, Pamuła E, Wybraniec S J Agric Food Chem 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10591473
doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.3c03044
PMID:37791532
Applying productivity and phytonutrient profile criteria in modelling species selection of microgreens as Space crops for astronaut consumption Izzo LG, El Nakhel C, Rouphael Y, Proietti S, Paglialunga G, Moscatello S, Battistelli A, Iovane M, Romano LE, De Pascale S, Aronne G Front Plant Sci 11-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10450622
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1210566
PMID:37636122
Current State of Knowledge Regarding WHO High Priority Pathogens—Resistance Mechanisms and Proposed Solutions through Candidates Such as Essential Oils: A Systematic Review Romanescu M, Oprean C, Lombrea A, Badescu B, Teodor A, Constantin GD, Andor M, Folescu R, Muntean D, Danciu C, Dalleur O, Batrina SL, Cretu O, Buda VO Int J Mol Sci 04-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10253476
doi:10.3390/ijms24119727
PMID:37298678
Molecular Characterization of Dehydrin in Azraq Saltbush among Related Atriplex Species Musallam A, Abu-Romman S, Sadder MT BioTech (Basel) 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10123722
doi:10.3390/biotech12020027
PMID:37092471
The interaction of salinity and light regime modulates photosynthetic pigment content in edible halophytes in greenhouse and indoor farming Fitzner M, Schreiner M, Baldermann S Front Plant Sci 04-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10110887
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1105162
PMID:37082347
Current Status and Nutritional Value of Green Leaf Protein Balfany C, Gutierrez J, Moncada M, Komarnytsky S Nutrients 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10056349
doi:10.3390/nu15061327
PMID:36986057
Sustaining nitrogen dynamics: A critical aspect for improving salt tolerance in plants Nazir F, Mahajan M, Khatoon S, Albaqami M, Ashfaque F, Chhillar H, Chopra P, Khan MI Front Plant Sci 23-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9996754
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1087946
PMID:36909406
Tomato responses to salinity stress: From morphological traits to genetic changes Roșca M, Mihalache G, Stoleru V Front Plant Sci 10-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10000760
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1118383
PMID:36909434
The Impact of N.I. Vavilov on the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources in Scandinavia: A Review Solberg SØ, Loskutov IG, Breian L, Diederichsen A Plants (Basel) 28-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9823609
doi:10.3390/plants12010143
PMID:36616272

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