Ireland

Common orache

Atriplex patula

Description
Annual weed, propagating itself by seed, occurring in many forms, vigorous, 30-90 cm (11.81 - 35.43 inch) tall and branching with a taproot.

Characteristic Features
Either male or female flowers on each plant; lower stem practically square in cross-section.
The lowest teeth on the leaves are more pronounced than in Chenopodium album and point towards the leaf tip.

Cotyledons
Long, narrow, often with a rounded tip.

Stems
Often deeply grooved and branching with very long, horizontal side branches.

Leaves
Alternate, petiolate, ovate to lanceolate, lower leaves often hastate, lightly dentate, upper leaves entire, dark green, young leaves usually farinaceous.
The upper surface of each blade is hairless or glabrous, while the lower surface is often white-mealy.

Pesticides
Anthem
intensity: ★★★
Betanal Max Pro
intensity: ★★★
Butryflow
intensity: ★★★
Buzzin
intensity: ★★★
Buzzin.
intensity: ★★★
Calibre Max SX
intensity: ★★★
Clove X
intensity: ★★★
Clovermax
intensity: ★★★
Ethosat 500
intensity: ★★★
Farmco Tuskar
intensity: ★★★
Flight
intensity: ★★★
Goltix 70 SC
intensity: ★★★
Harmony M SX
intensity: ★★★
Harmony Max SX
intensity: ★★★
Mircam Super
intensity: ★★★
Mitron WG
intensity: ★★★
Most Micro
intensity: ★★★
Nirvana
intensity: ★★★
PDM 330 EC
intensity: ★★★
Pyramin DF
intensity: ★★★
Sencorex Flow
intensity: ★★★
Shotput
intensity: ★★★
Stomp 400 SC
intensity: ★★★
Stomp Aqua
intensity: ★★★
Venzar Flowable
intensity: ★★★
Wing P
intensity: ★★★
Agroxone 50
intensity: ★★
Basagran SG
intensity: ★★
Benta 480 SL
intensity: ★★
CIPC
intensity: ★★
Compitox Plus
intensity: ★★
D50
intensity: ★★
Duplosan KV
intensity: ★★
DyWeed 50
intensity: ★★
Easel
intensity: ★★
Embutone
intensity: ★★
Farmco Undersown
intensity: ★★
Legumex DB
intensity: ★★
M50
intensity: ★★
Mastercrop Undersown
intensity: ★★
Trilogy.
intensity: ★★
Twinprop.
intensity: ★★
Pelican Delta
intensity: ★
Starane 2
intensity: ★
Tropotox
intensity: ★
Barclay Keeper 500
intensity: N/A
Betanal Flow
intensity: N/A
Damine
intensity: N/A
Empire Supreme
intensity: N/A
Hatchet Xtra
intensity: N/A
Hempacide 30
intensity: N/A
Nortron 50 SC
intensity: N/A