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Internal ID UUID64401fabefa33762338334
Scientific name Halothamnus hierochunticus
Authority (Bornm.) Botsch.
First published in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 18: 156 (1981)

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Halothamnus hierochunticus is a plant species that belongs to the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae. It is found in Southwest Asia and is sometimes considered a weed. The plant grows up to 40-50 cm tall with blueish-green branches and has a distinct unpleasant smell. Its leaves are linear to linear-triangular and its flowers are small with triangular tepals. The fruit is winged and varies in size and weight depending on its position on the plant. This species was first described in 1912 and has been included in the genus Halothamnus. It is also known by several synonyms and has a Hebrew vernacular name. Halothamnus hierochunticus is found in Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and parts of Iran. It grows in fields and on ruderal places, often on saline soils.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Salsola hierochuntica Bornm. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 29(2): 13 (1912)
Aellenia hierochuntica (Bornm.) Aellen Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 61: 180 (1950)

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish aellenia autrani
Spanish salsola autrani var. hierochuntica
Arabic قضة أريحاوية
German aellenia autrani var. hierochuntica
German salsola autrani var. hierochuntica

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000715209
Tropicos 100436443
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:908829-1
The Plant List kew-2838868
Open Tree Of Life 3944100
NCBI Taxonomy 1955128
IPNI 908829-1
iNaturalist 428324
GBIF 5568696
Freebase /m/05zrsjl
EOL 5215103
Elurikkus 546073
Wikipedia Halothamnus_hierochunticus

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