| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Chenopodiaceae |
| Genus: | Salsola |
| Editor | Osmonali Bektemir |
| Scientific name: | Salsola turkestanica Litv. |
| Description: | Annual, 10-30 cm, erect. All leaves needle-like, the lower 0.5-0.75 mm wide. Tepals 1.5-2.5 mm long. Anthers 0.9-1.4 mm long. Stigmas 0.7-1 mm long. Wings of fruiting perianth with a prominent keel on upper side (fig. 29, C). Baluchistan, Waziristan. |
| Confuse with: | Salsola sclerantha C.A. Mey. |
| Comments: | Known as a component of semi-desert communities on skeletal soil of eroded slopes and lower terraces of dry river beds. The species is closely allied to S. sclerantha and without mature fruits they are sometimes difficult to separate. |