Salsola tragus L.
prickly Russian thistle
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Salsola iberica
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Images:
Salsola tragus L.
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Synonyms:
Salsola tragus L.
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SAAU3 |
Salsola australis R. Br. |
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SAIB |
Salsola iberica (Sennen & Pau) Botsch. ex Czerep. |
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SAKAR |
Salsola kali L. ssp. ruthenica (Iljin) SoĆ³ |
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SAKAT6 |
Salsola kali L. ssp. tenuifolia Moq. |
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SAKAT3 |
Salsola kali L. ssp. tragus (L.) Celak. |
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SAPE10 |
Salsola pestifer A. Nelson |
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SARU10 |
Salsola ruthenica Iljin |
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Distribution:
Salsola tragus L.
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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) |
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Related Taxa:
Salsola tragus L.
View
34 genera in Chenopodiaceae,
7 species in Salsola
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Classification:
Salsola tragus L.
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS
Classification Report.
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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 |
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Noxious weed |
California: |
common Russianthistle |
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C list (noxious weeds) |
Ohio: |
Salsola kali ssp. tenuifolia |
Russian thistle |
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Prohibited noxious weed |
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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.
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Assorted authors.
200_.
State noxious weed lists for 46 states.
State agriculture or natural resource departments.
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NE&GP |
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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.
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SWSS |
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Southern Weed Science Society.
1998.
Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM.
Southern Weed Science Society.
Champaign, Illinois.
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WSWS |
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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.
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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.
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Wetland Indicator Status:
Salsola tragus L.
Salsola pestifer:
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Reg. 0 |
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Reg. C |
Reg. H |
FACU-,FACU |
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FACU |
FACU |
FACU- |
FACU |
FACU |
FACU |
FACU |
FACU |
FACU |
NO |
NO |
FACU |
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
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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.
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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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