Atriplex elegans
| Atriplex elegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Atriplex |
| Species: | A. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Atriplex elegans | |
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Atriplex elegans is a species of saltbush known by the common name wheelscale saltbush, Mecca orach,: 270 or wheelscale.: 270 It is native to the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico, where it grows in areas of saline or alkaline soils, such as alkali flats and desert dry lakebeds.