Pronunciation: AT-ri-plex GLAW-ka
Common name: Waxy saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot)
Habitat: Upper Newport Bay, vouchers also from
Liebre Mts, Carlsbad, Encinitas, naturalized from
Europe
Blooming period: Late summer and fall
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Atriplex
2) glauca