Halogeton arachnoideus (Bunge) Moq.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Halogeton

Characteristics

Plants 10-40 cm tall. Branches alternate, gray-white, arachnoid hairy when young, later glabescent. Leaves 3-10 × 1.5-2 mm, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Flowers usually 2 or 3 per glomerule; bractlets ovate, margin membranous. Perianth segments broadly lanceolate, membranous; abaxial wing semiorbicular, subequal, pellucid membranous, distinctly veined. Stamens 5; filaments narrowly linear. Seed horizontal, 1-1.5 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.
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A herb. It grows 10-40 cm tall. The branches are alternate. They are grey-white and hairy when young. The leaves are 3-10 mm long by 1-2 mm wide.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.35
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in arid places and in sandy soils.
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Arid slopes, sandy places and riversides in northern China.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The plant is burnt to produce soda for cooking.
Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Halogeton arachnoideus unspecified picture

Distribution

Halogeton arachnoideus world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165769-1
WFO ID wfo-0001294926
COL ID 3JFBD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Halogeton arachnoideus Micropeplis arachnoidea Salsola aptera