2314

Forb
Annual

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

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it on upper beaches, fore-dunes, and island-end flats, rarely inland in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p344
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p079

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Kali species 1   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Kali tragus ssp. ponticum