Salsola tragus
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Salsola tragus, often known by its synonym Kali tragus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is known by various common names such as prickly Russian thistle, windwitch, or
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Salsola tragus, the Russian thistle
Leaves of a mature plant coming into flower, each leaf with one flower and two bracts in its axil
Largely ripe fruit of Salsola tragus.
Salsoloideae
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The Salsoloideae are a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae, formerly in family Chenopodiaceae.
Salsola tragus
…Chenopodiaceae, but the Chenopodiaceae – including the genera Kali and Salsola – have since been included in the Amaranthaceae. They now are allocated to the Salsoloideae, a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae. Salsola tragus is an annual forb. In habit, the young plant is erect, but it grows into a rounded clump of branched…
Salsola oppositifolia
Climacoptera turcomanica, in fruit
Cornulaca monacantha
Halothamnus subaphyllus, in fruit