Biology:Salsola oppositifolia
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Short description: Species of plant
| Salsola oppositifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Salsola |
| Species: | S. oppositifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Salsola oppositifolia | |
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Seidlitzia oppositifolia (Desf.) Iljin | |
Salsola oppositifolia is a halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin.[1]
Description
This annual, woody plant can grow into shrubs up to 2 m tall. It has cylindrical-linear and opposed leaves. The flowers, which bloom from May to October, are hermphrodyte and have a size of 1 cm.[2]
Taxonomy
Salsola oppositifolia was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines and published in Flora Atlantica 1: 219. 1798.[3]
Uses
This plant has been historically used, along with other Salsola species, as a source of soda ash, in the manufacture of lye and soaps.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Salsola oppositifolia Desf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166975-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Salsola oppositifolia". https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/angiospermas-dicotiledoneas/quenopodiaceas/salsola-oppositifolia.
- ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Salsola oppositifolia Desf.". http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50041469.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6117491 entry
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