Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC., 1805 45% complete

Fat-hen

J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 3: 387 (1805)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Atriplex prostrata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Boucher ex DC. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 3: 387 (1805) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1805 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Fat-hen No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Macaronesia to N. Xinjiang, E. Canada to E. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 39 cm
  • 39.1 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 38 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 247, 251, 500, 863, 882, 897, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 882, 918
Sourced
Flower color green Sourced
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit shape nut Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height 60 cm
  • 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 116, 164, 174, 175, 178, 247, 251, 500, 863, 882, 897, 918
Sourced
Sexuality monoecious Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months feb, jul Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 60 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 164, 175, 178, 247, 290, 316, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 3 / 9 · slightly saline (oligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record