Atriplex holocarpa, Atriplex spongiosa, Pop Saltbush,
Hebrew: מלוח ספוגי, Arabic: رغل كلي الإثمار

Scientific name:		Atriplex holocarpa F.Muell.
Synonym name:		Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell.
Common name:		Pop Saltbush
Hebrew name:		מלוח ספוגי
Arabic name:		رغل كلي الإثمار
Family:		Chenopodiaceae, סלקיים

Life form:		Annual
Succulence:		bladderlike hairs - salt bladders - salt hairs - vesicular hairs
Leaves:		Alternate, entire, smooth
Flowers:		Green
Flowering Period:		May, June, July, August, September, October, November
Habitat:		Desert, Disturbed habitats
Distribution:		Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:		Australian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Atriplex , ατραφαξιϛ, ατραφαξυϛ, αδραφαξυϛ, ανδραφαξιϛ, a pot-herb like spinach, orach (Atriplex hortensis) from which the entire genus gets its name. holocarpa, holos, ολοϛ, whole, complete; carpos, καρποϛ, fruit; undivided fruit. spongiosa, Spongy, soft, or having the texture of a sponge. In Hebrew, in Chaldee, and in Syriac, the word Maluach, מלוח, implies a brackish or salt-tasted plant. In the Septuagint, it is rendered ,άλιμα, the halimus. The Hebrew word: מלוח, Maluach, comes from melech, מלך, salt, The translation of the Hebrew word 'maluach', מלוח (from melech, מלך, salt), is 'orache' and not 'mallow'. The standard author abbreviation F.Muell. is used to indicate Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller (1825 – 1896), a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.