Salsola kali

Author
Linnaeus, 1753
Common Names
  • Common Saltwort
  • Prickly Glasswort
  • Prickly Russian Thistle
  • Prickly Saltwort
  • Russian Thistle

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
1 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Africa, Eurasia, eastern and western USA, Mexico
Habitat-Biology
  • beach and shoreline
  • emergent vegetation
  • intertidal to semiterrestrial
  • nonindigenous to Gulf of Mexico
References

  • Mosyakin, S. L. 2003. Salsola Linnaeus. Pp. 398–403 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 4: Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, Part 1. Oxford University Press, New York.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-07-2024.

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