Salsola kali | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Salsola |
Species: | S. kali
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Binomial name | |
Salsola kali | |
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Salsola kali is the restored botanical name for a species of flowering plants in the amaranth family. It is native to the Northern African and European Atlantic coasts to the Mediterranean (although it has been introduced elsewhere). It is an annual plant which grows primarily in the temperate biome.[1]
Kali turgidum[2] is a synonym for Salsola kali:[3] an annual plant that grows in salty sandy coastal soils,[4] whose commonly known as prickly saltwort or prickly glasswort.
Its distributional range is in Europe along the shores of Baltic Sea, North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.[4] In the Mediterranean and at dry inland places it is replaced by Kali tragus (syn. Salsola tragus or Salsola kali subsp. tragus), which is less tolerant to salty soils, and has spread from Eurasia to other continents.[4] Kali turgidum does not seem to occur as an introduced species in America.[4]