Difference between revisions of "Salsola kali"

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 222. 1753.

Common names: Common saltwort
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 400. Mentioned on page 399, 401.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> 5–50 cm, papillose to hispid or, occasionally, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, branched from base; branches arcuate or, occasionally, almost prostrate. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; blade linear, mostly 1–2 mm wide in herbarium specimens, fleshy, usually not swollen at base, apex ± acuminate into rather firm, 1–1.5(–2.2) mm spine. <b>Inflorescences</b> interrupted at maturity, usually 1-flower per axil of bract; bracts alternate, not imbricate at maturity, reflexed, not distinctly swollen at base, apex narrowing into subulate spine. <b>Flowers</b>: bracteoles free or becoming connate and adnate to perianth base; perianth segments with comparatively narrow wing or in lower flowers occasionally wingless (in <i>S. kali </i>subsp.<i> pontica</i> sometimes prominently winged), with weak or firm, acute apex, glabrous; fruiting perianth 4–6(–8) mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--
  
 
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Revision as of 17:30, 18 September 2019

Herbs, 5–50 cm, papillose to hispid or, occasionally, glabrous. Stems erect to ascending, branched from base; branches arcuate or, occasionally, almost prostrate. Leaves alternate; blade linear, mostly 1–2 mm wide in herbarium specimens, fleshy, usually not swollen at base, apex ± acuminate into rather firm, 1–1.5(–2.2) mm spine. Inflorescences interrupted at maturity, usually 1-flower per axil of bract; bracts alternate, not imbricate at maturity, reflexed, not distinctly swollen at base, apex narrowing into subulate spine. Flowers: bracteoles free or becoming connate and adnate to perianth base; perianth segments with comparatively narrow wing or in lower flowers occasionally wingless (in S. kali subsp. pontica sometimes prominently winged), with weak or firm, acute apex, glabrous; fruiting perianth 4–6(–8) mm diam. 2n = 36.

Distribution

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coastal areas of Europe, n Africa, sw Asia, introduced and naturalized in other coastal regions.

Discussion

Subspecies ca. 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Perianth segments with rigid, subspinose apex and prominent midvein; bracteoles distinct, not swol- len Salsola kali subsp. kali
1 Perianth segments with weak apex and obscure midvein; bracteoles connate at base, swollen Salsola kali subsp. pontica