[2] As with other species in the genus Atriplex, A. tatarica is described to express heterocarpy as it produces two fruit types that vary in both size and color.

[2] A. tatarica has a widespread native distribution covering Middle Asia, Western Mongolia and Northwestern China as far north as Mongolian Altai.

It has even spread to parts of the Eastern United States with A. tatarica being observed in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.

It is an early successional plant inhabiting urban areas, road margins, railways, dumps, and dung hills.

[2] The plant's propagation along roadways can be attributed to its bracteole covered seeds which readily adhere to rubber tires.