Salsola schweinfurthii

Seidlitzia rosmarinus is a perennial-green desert species of saltwort that is endemic to the lower Jordan Valley along the Dead Sea, in Israel and Jordan, and in the Syrian desert, central Iraq (near Najaf) and in the coastal regions of Saudi Arabia, the Bahrain Islands, Qatar, and Iran, commonly known in Arabic by the names ušnān (Arabic: أشنان‎) and šenān. It is often used by Bedouins for cleaning as a soap substitute. In medieval Arabic literature,...