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Salsola tragus L.
prickly Russian thistle

       
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Photo of Salsola tragus L.
Salsola iberica

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, UT, Grand Co., Cisco vicinity. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Images:
Salsola tragus L.

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Synonyms:
Salsola tragus L.

  SAAU3 Salsola australis R. Br.
  SAIB Salsola iberica (Sennen & Pau) Botsch. ex Czerep.
  SAKAR Salsola kali L. ssp. ruthenica (Iljin) SoĆ³
  SAKAT6 Salsola kali L. ssp. tenuifolia Moq.
  SAKAT3 Salsola kali L. ssp. tragus (L.) Celak.
  SAPE10 Salsola pestifer A. Nelson
  SARU10 Salsola ruthenica Iljin
 

Distribution:
Salsola tragus L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Salsola tragus L.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 7 species in Salsola
 

Classification:
Salsola tragus L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus Salsola L. – Russian thistle
Species Salsola tragus L. – prickly Russian thistle
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Salsola tragus L.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arkansas:
Salsola
thistle              Noxious weed
California:
common Russianthistle              C list (noxious weeds)
Ohio:
Salsola kali ssp. tenuifolia
Russian thistle              Prohibited noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Salsola tragus L.

thistle
Salsola
thistle
Salsola iberica
Russian thistle
prickly Russian thistle
tumbleweed
tumbling thistle
Salsola kali ssp. tenuifolia
Russian thistle
tumbleweed

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Salsola tragus L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Salsola tragus L.

Salsola pestifer:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU-,FACU FACU- FACU FACU FACU- FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU FACU NO NO FACU
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Salsola tragus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 520950.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Salsola tragus L.

Arizona: abstract & image of Russian thistle (Salsola kali)

Manitoba Agriculture - Weeds in Crop Production: abstract & images

 
 
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