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|accepted_name=Halogeton
|accepted_authority=C. A. Meyer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. F. von Ledebour, Icon. Pl.
|place=1: 10, plate 40. 1829
|year=1829
}}
|common_names=(Greek halos;salt;and geiton;neighbor;in reference to the habitat of the species)
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Halogeton
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Halogeton]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 260, 351
|treatment_page=page 403
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, polygamous, herbage glaucous, glabrous except for axillary tufts of long white hairs. <b>Stems</b> erect or spreading, much-branched, not jointed, not armed, somewhat fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, sessile, ± succulent; blade terete, narrowly oblong, base expanded, clasping, apex obtuse with caducous, flexible bristle. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary glomerules; bracts leaflike. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual and unisexual; perianth persistent, deeply 5-parted, not imbricate, apically winged, some with flabellate blade, often indurate; stamens 5 or fewer; stigmas 2. <b>Fruits</b> utricles, orbiculate; pericarp somewhat adherent to seed. <b>Seeds</b> vertical, orbiculate, flattened; seed coat brown or brownish black; perisperm absent. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mediterranean region to c Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=blackwell1979a
|text=Blackwell, W. H., J. D. Haacke, and C. O. Hopkins. 1979. Halogeton (Chenopodiaceae) in North America. Sida 8: 157–169.
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name=Halogeton
|author=Noel H. Holmgren
|authority=C. A. Meyer
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Mediterranean region to c Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=blackwell1979a
|publication title=in C. F. von Ledebour, Icon. Pl.
|publication year=1829
|special status=
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|genus=Halogeton
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