Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Chenopodiaceae
Genus:Salsola
EditorBektemir Osmonali
Scientific name: Salsola nitraria Pall.
Name acc. to:Bektemir
Herbar:list records    scans available    
Synonym: Nitrosalsola nitraria (Pallas) Tzvelev. (acc. to Flora of China)
Description:Herbs annual, 10-40 cm tall. Stem branched from base; lower branches subopposite, pubescent and sparsely villous. Perianth segment margin not ciliate, or only apex ciliate; anthers ca. 1 mm; perianth (including wings) 7-9 mm in diam. in fruit.
Tax. Comments:sect. Caroxylon
Link to Flora of China:http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006923
Habitat:Soline soils, preferebly in drier salt-marshes.