Class: | Magnoliopsida |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Chenopodiaceae |
Genus: | Salsola |
Editor | Bektemir Osmonali |
Scientific name: | Salsola richteri (Moq.) Kar. ex Litv. |
Herbar: | list records |
Description: | Loosely branched elegant shrub up to 2 m. Lower leaves 3-8 cm long, often pendant. Fruiting perianth 14-18 mm diam., with a stiff cone formed by the apical tepal lobes. |
Tax. Comments: | Sect. Arbuscula |
Comments: | On the most part of its area, the Solyanka Richter has the shape of a shrub. Only in very good conditions it takes the form of a small tree. On pastures grows poorly, as its young shoots are eaten by Pets. |
Habitat: | sandy desert |