Salsola tragus L.

CHENOPODIACEAE

- Goosefoot family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Salsola tragus L.

Nomencl. ref.: Cent. Pl. 2: 13 (1756)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Prickly Russian thistle

English name: Russian thistle

English name: Russian tumbleweed

French name: soude roulante

Italian name: Salsola erba-cali

German name: Ukraine-Salzkraut

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Salsola australis R. Br.
= Salsola iberica (Sennen & Pau) Botsch. ex Czerep.
= Salsola kali L. ssp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó
= Salsola kali L. ssp. tenuifolia Moq.
= Salsola kali L. ssp. tragus (L.) Celak.
= Salsola pestifer A. Nelson
= Salsola ruthenica Iljin

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Salsola
Species:

Page counter: 2355 ( AVG: 223.74 / 293.11 )

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Salsola tragus
Credit: Photo by Giuliano Campus

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Inflorescences at Calico Basin, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Salsola tragus
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Salsola tragus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Cyprus, Petra tou Romiou/Aphrodite rock, Paphos district, Republic of Cyprus, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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NPS Photo - JW Stockert - 1975 - Public domain image.

Salsola tragus
Credit: Photo by Giuliano Campus

Salsola tragus
Spiny branches at lot next to Holiday Inn Express Las Vegas, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Salsola tragus
Habit at Calico Basin, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Habit and road at Hwy 95, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Salsola tragus
Credit: Photo by Giuliano Campus

Salsola tragus
Inflorescences and spines at Calico Basin, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 25.

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Flowers at Lua Makika, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Salsola tragus
Small plant at K2, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Salsola tragus
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Salsola tragus
Credit: Photo by Giuliano Campus

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Salsola vermiculata L. [1930]
2) Salvia aethiopis L. [1401]
3) Salvia apiana Jeps. var. apiana [314]
4) Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. [680]
5) Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. var. grandiflora Benth. [458]
6) Salvia broussonetii Benth. [312]
7) Salvia carnosa Douglas ex Greene ssp. pilosa (A. Gray) Epling [137]
8) Salvia cleistogama de Bary & Paul [145]
9) Salvia farinacea Benth. [1130]
10) Salvia leucantha Cav. [838]

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