Photographs: Inchidoney, Co. Cork

Frosted Orache Atriplex laciniata Eilifleog phlúrach Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering July-September. Annual. Native. Spike of tiny flowers, the male flowers with 5 stamens. The bracteoles are fused to halfway. The diamond-shaped leaves are silvery-grey, wavy-edged and very white-mealy. Very distinctive sprawling growth habit with mealy, usually reddish stems. Spread to 30cm. Found around Irish coasts on sand and shingle beaches, occasionally on salt-marsh drift-lines. Populations are often sporadic. Similar: Spear-leaved Orache , Atriplex prostrata

Frosted Orache, Atriplex laciniata, Eilifleog phlúrach