Atriplex hortensis - Red Mountain Spinach
Atriplex hortensis var. rubra (Red Mountain Spinach, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach) found growing in the garden at Little Court Farm West Ashling Sussex. 1. Male flower (x13), 2. Flowering stem with lower leaf, upper sides of leaves shiny underneath slightly mealy, 3. Female flower (x5), 4. Fruit showing seed in position (x3). B and H no 855, Dandy 156/6
Picture No
12689500
Media ID
47530320
Size
2271px x 3000px
(2.3MB)
Credit
© Medici / Mary Evans
Source
Watercolour illustration by Barbara Everard (1910-1989)
Date
1956
