Kalidium foliatum (Pall.) Moq.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Kalidium

Characteristics

Plants 20-50 cm tall. Stems erect or prostrate, much branched; branches gray-brown, annual ones yellow-green, nearly herbaceous. Leaves gray-green, terete, spreading or slightly adaxially curved, 4-10 × 2-3 mm, base decurrent, semiamplexicaul, apex obtuse. Spikes sessile, 8-15 × 3-4 mm. Flowers 3 per scale-like bract. Perianth pentagonal on top surface, margin narrowly winged. Stamens 2. Seed vertical, globose, ca. 1 mm in diam., with dense, papillate processes. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.
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A herb. It grows 20-50 cm tall. The stems can be erect or lying on the ground and are much branched. The leaves are grey-green and spreading or curved. They are 4-10 mm long by 2-3 mm wide. There are 3 flowers for each scale like bract.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food material
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Kalidium foliatum world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165911-1
WFO ID wfo-0000356462
COL ID 3QYVP
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Kalidium foliatum Halocnemum foliatum Salicornia foliata Kalidium foliatum var. longifolium