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Also known as: Atriplex halimus
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  • carnation
    Caryophyllales
    / Amaranthaceae

    Sea orach (A. halimus) is cultivated for its beautiful foliage and silvery gray stems; its flowers are green and rather inconspicuous. Garden orach (A. hortensis) was at one time used as a cure for gout. Another interesting ornamental genus is Bassia, which includes summer cypress…

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    Sea orach (A. halimus) is cultivated for its beautiful foliage and silvery gray stems; its flowers are green and rather inconspicuous. Garden orach (A. hortensis) was at one time used as a cure for gout. Another interesting ornamental genus is Bassia, which includes summer cypress…

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