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Russian Thistles
Salsola
Salsola is a genus of the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae. The genus sensu stricto is distributed in Australia, central and southwestern Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Common names of various members of this genus and related genera are saltwort (for their salt tolerance) and tumbleweed or roly-poly. The genus name Salsola is from the Latin salsus, meaning 'salty'.
53 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Prickly Russian Thistle
speciesSalsola tragus
saltwort
speciesSalsola kali
Southern Russian Thistle
speciesSalsola australis
fleshy Russian thistle
speciesSalsola soda
Slender Russian-thistle
speciesSalsola collina
Salsola genistoides
speciesSalsola genistoides
barbwire russian thistle
speciesSalsola paulsenii
Salsola squarrosa
speciesSalsola squarrosa
Salsola pontica
speciesSalsola pontica
Salsola arbusculiformis
speciesSalsola arbusculiformis
Salsola komarovii
speciesSalsola komarovii
Salsola dendroides
speciesSalsola dendroides
Salsola papillosa
speciesSalsola papillosa
Salsola passerina
speciesSalsola passerina
Maltese Salt-tree
speciesSalsola melitensis
Salsola webbii
speciesSalsola webbii
Salsola foliosa
speciesSalsola foliosa
Salsola tamariscina
speciesSalsola tamariscina
Salsola arbuscula
speciesSalsola arbuscula
Larchleaf Russian Thistle
speciesSalsola laricifolia
Salsola cyclophylla
speciesSalsola cyclophylla
Salsola inermis
speciesSalsola inermis
Salsola jordanicola
speciesSalsola jordanicola
Salsola drummondii
speciesSalsola drummondii
Salsola incanescens
speciesSalsola incanescens
Rose-colored Saltwort
speciesSalsola rosacea
Salsola gaetula
speciesSalsola gaetula
Salsola daghestanica
speciesSalsola daghestanica
Salsola gemmascens
speciesSalsola gemmascens
Salsola monoptera
speciesSalsola monoptera
San Joaquin Russian Thistle
speciesSalsola ryanii
Salsola orientalis
speciesSalsola orientalis
Salsola schweinfurthii
speciesSalsola schweinfurthii
Salsola acanthoclada
speciesSalsola acanthoclada
Salsola grandis
speciesSalsola grandis
Salsola tamamschjanae
speciesSalsola tamamschjanae
Salsola titovii
speciesSalsola titovii
Salsola turcica
speciesSalsola turcica
Salsola richteri
speciesSalsola richteri
Salsola gymnomaschala
speciesSalsola gymnomaschala
Salsola zygophylla
speciesSalsola zygophylla
Salsola × gobicola
hybridSalsola × gobicola
Salsola masclansii
speciesSalsola masclansii
Salsola jacquemontii
speciesSalsola jacquemontii
Salsola tunetana
speciesSalsola tunetana
Salsola montana
speciesSalsola montana
Salsola verticillata
speciesSalsola verticillata
Salsola longifolia
speciesSalsola longifolia
Salsola spicata
speciesSalsola spicata
Salsola halimocnemis
speciesSalsola halimocnemis
Salsola praecox
speciesSalsola praecox
Salsola euryphylla
speciesSalsola euryphylla
Salsola leptoclada
speciesSalsola leptoclada
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57900.