Atriplex cinerea

Atriplex cinerea
Williamstown, Victoria
From Mueller 1889
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. cinerea
Binomial name
Atriplex cinerea
Occurrence data ALA

Atriplex cinerea, commonly known as grey saltbush, coast saltbush, barilla or truganini, is a plant species in the family Amaranthaceae. It occurs in sheltered coastal areas and around salt lakes in the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. The species is also known to be present in the Waimea inlet in New Zealand, although has historically been found in Boulder Bank, D'Urville Island, and Palliser Bay.

The Latin specific name cinerea means "ashy". Atriplex cinerea has a chromosome number 2n=54, indicating the species is hexaploid as the base number in Atriplex is 9.