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Salsola glabrescens Burtt Davy

Species

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Characteristics

Dwarf shrub or shrub, up to 0.9 m high; plants glabrous, more rarely pubescent; not blackening when dried; branches, leaves and flowers alternate. Stems thick and woody below; branchlets slender, glabrous or slightly puberulent at base of leaves and flowers when young. Leaves sessile; succulent; blade linear, up to 5 x 1 mm; floral leaves somewhat longer than bracteoles. Flowers: solitary in axils of leaves; perianth (excluding wings) ± 1.2 mm in diameter, yellow; Jan.-Apr.
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Perennial, indurated, dwarf shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Leaves alternate, scarious, fleshy, small, up to 2 mm long. Bracts ± ovate, keeled. Bracteoles ± ovate, fleshy, concave, carinate on outer surface. Flowers yellowish, solitary in axils of leaves, ± 2.5 x 1 mm. Sepals 5, with keeled, green centre, forming wings in fruit, margins hyaline. Stamens 5. Ovary ovoid-globose; style bifid. Flowering time Jan., June.
Glabrous shrub, rarely pubescent, up to 1.5 m high. Subfloral leaves of lowest flowers slightly longer than bracts. Perianth ± 1.2 mm wide excluding wings.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.5
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Environment

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Soil humidity 1-3
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Salsola glabrescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166832-1
WFO ID wfo-0001294746
COL ID 79FY7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Salsola glabrescens
WorldFloraDB 2024