Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Chenopodiaceae Salsola
Detailed information about the plant.
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Genus:
Salsola
Editor:
Bektemir Osmonali
Scientific name:
Salsola richteri (Moq.) Kar. ex Litv.
Habitat:
sandy desert
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.
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.