NameThatPlant.net: Salsola kali var. caroliniana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salsola kali var. caroliniana FAMILY Chenopodiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Southern Saltwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salsola kali ssp. pontica FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Kali tragus ssp. pontica

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Salsola kali ssp. pontica

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-07-001?:

Salsola kali FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Salsola kali var. kali

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Salsola kali var. caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Salsola kali

COMMON NAME:
Southern Saltwort, Carolina Saltwort

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salsola kali var. caroliniana FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salsola kali ssp. pontica FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Kali tragus ssp. pontica

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Salsola kali ssp. pontica

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-07-001?:
Salsola kali FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Salsola kali var. kali

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Salsola kali var. caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salsola kali

2314

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Upper beaches, fore-dunes, and island-end flats, rarely inland in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Often considered to be introduced in North America but it may well be native

Uncommon

map
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves with a strong apical spine ("mucro")

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Green
5 sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

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