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Salsola kali

Russian-thistle

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149933

Element CodePDCHE0K080

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCaryophyllales

FamilyAmaranthaceae

GenusSalsola

Synonyms

Salsola australisR. Br.Salsola ibericaSennen & Pau

Other Common Names

Russian thistle (EN) Soude kali (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Has also been called Salsola australis and Salsola ibirica; treated by Kartesz (1994 checklist) as a single species under the name Salsola kali. LEM 6Dec94. The common 'tumbleweed' of the American West, where exotic. Ahkani et al. (2007) elevate Salsola kali ssp. tragus (= Kali tragus) and S. kali ssp. kali (= K. turgidum) to full species level, therefore following Ahkani, this concept is rendered obsolete.

Conservation Status

Change Date1993-02-14

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Delaware	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
418025	Uinta National Forest	32,698

References (2)

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Online. Available: www.herbarium.unc.edu/FloraArchives/WeakleyFlora_2015-05-29.pdf (Accessed 2015).