| Salsola collina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Salsola |
| Species: | S. collina |
| Binomial name | |
| Salsola collina Pall. | |
Salsola collina is a species of flowering plant in the genus Salsola . [1]
Also known as tumbleweed, slender Russian thistle, or Russian thistle, Salsola Collina is a round, bush-like annual forb that grows from 1 to 3.5 feet (30 to 107 cm) high. While soft when young, as they mature the plants become woody. They are called Tumbleweeds due to their habit of breaking off when mature and tumbling when the wind blows. That behaviour helps spread its seeds, but can also be a hazard when blowing across roadways or accumulating along fence lines, hedges, or other obstructions.
Salsola collina is native from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia. It was introduced to the United States from Russia. [2]
Prefers sandy, dry soils such as found on plains, roadsides, cultivated fields, disturbed areas. It grows best in full sun and cannot grow in the shade. [3]
Salsola collina can be invasive and threaten native plants systems.
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Onopordum acanthium is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and Western Asia from the Iberian Peninsula east to Kazakhstan, and north to central Scandinavia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, with especially large populations present in the United States and Australia. It is a vigorous biennial plant with coarse, spiny leaves and conspicuous spiny-winged stems.
Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is creeping thistle. It is also commonly known as Canada thistle and field thistle.
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Salsola kali is the restored botanical name for a species of flowering plants in the amaranth family. It is native to the Northern African and European Atlantic coasts to the Mediterranean. It is an annual plant which grows primarily in the temperate biome.
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Salsola is a genus of the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae. The genus sensu stricto is distributed in Australia, central and southwestern Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Common names of various members of this genus and related genera are saltwort and tumbleweed or roly-poly. The genus name Salsola is from the Latin salsus, meaning 'salty'.
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Oenothera californica, known by the common name California evening primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family.
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