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Salsola tragus

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Salsola tragus, often known by its synonym Kali tragus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is known by various common names such as prickly Russian thistle, windwitch, or common saltwort. It is widely known simply as tumbleweed because, in many regions of the United States, it is the most common and most conspicuous plant species that produces tumbleweeds. Informally, it may be known as Kali or Salsola: the latter being its restored genus, containing 54 other species, into which the obsolete genus Kali has been subsumed.

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Ecology

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Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Salsola tragus
Slug
salsola-tragus
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Salsola
Species
tragus
Wikidata QID
Q1754334
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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