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Internal ID UUID643ffcba8f951741947592
Scientific name Salsola kali
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 222 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Kali soda Moench Methodus (Moench) 331. 1794 [4 May 1794]
Salsola acicularis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 153. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]
Salsola kali subsp. pontica (Pall.) Mosyakin Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83: 389 (1996)
Salsola pontica (Pall.) Iliin Fl. URSS 6: 212 (1936)
Salsola australis R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 411 (1810)
Salsola aptera Iljin Mater. Komiss. eksped. Issl. 26: 283 (1930)
Salsola decumbens Lam. Fl. Franç. (Lamarck) 3: 241. 1779 [1778 publ. after 21 Mar 1779]
Salsola tragus subsp. pontica (Pall.) S.Rilke Biblioth. Bot. 149: 133 (1999)
Salsola turgida Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 23 (1827)
Salsola kali var. angustifolia Fenzl Fl. Ross. 3: 798 1851
Kali australis (R.Br.) Akhani & Roalson Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168: 946 (2007)
Salsola kali var. pontica Pall. Ill. Pl. : 37 (1803)
Salsola tragus var. australis (R.Br.) Bég. Atti Accad. Sci. Veneto-Trentino-Istriana 3(4): 126 (1913)
Corispermum pilosum Raf. New Fl. [Rafinesque] iv. 46.
Salsola kali var. glabra Forssk. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. 124. 1831 [Jul-Aug 1831]
Salsola kali var. hispida Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 54 1775
Salsola kali var. hispida-polygama Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 55 1775
Salsola kali f. hirsuta Hornem.
Salsola kali subsp. iberica (Sennen & Pau) Rilke Fl. Iranica 172: 183 (1997)
Salsola kali subsp. austroafricana Aellen Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 27 (1961)
Salsola brachypteris Moq. Chenop. Monogr. Enum. : 147 (1840)
Salsola macrophylla R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 411 (1810)
Salsola kali var. brachypteris (Moq.) Benth. Flora Australiensis 5 1870
Salsola kali var. leptophylla Benth. Flora Australiensis 5 1870
Salsola kali var. strobilifera Benth. Flora Australiensis 5 1870
Salsola australis var. strobilifera (Benth.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 74 (1921)

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Language Common/alternative name
English classwort
English khakibush
English prickly glasswort
English prickly saltwort
English rolypoly
English rush-and-tumble weed
English russian tumbleweed
English saltwort
English russian thistle
Spanish monte espinoso
Spanish hierba del jabon
Spanish hierba del jabón
Spanish almajo de los jaboneros
Spanish charoleras
Spanish espinardos
Spanish mata punchosa
Spanish volero
Afrikaans kakiebos
Afrikaans kakiedissel
Afrikaans khakibos
Afrikaans rolbossie
Afrikaans russiese rolbossie
Arabic خطمي كاذب
Arabic الحرض
Arabic غاسول
Arabic شوك احمر
Arabic أشنان القصارين
Arabic الحاذ الشوكي
br bugelenn-mor
Catalan barrella punxosa
Catalan barrella borda
Catalan barrella espinosa
Czech slanobýl draselný
Welsh helys pigog
Danish almindelig sodaurt
German kali-salzkraut
German kalisalzkraut
German küsten-salzkraut
German kali soda moench
German kali turgida
German kali turgidum
Estonian rand-ogamalts
Basque itsas salsola
Finnish meriotakilokki
French soude
French soude brûlée
Upper Sorbian kalijowy selenc
Cornish holanles
Lithuanian smiltyninė druskė
Macedonian солненка
Norwegian Bokmål sodaurt
Dutch stekend loogkruid en zacht loogkruid
Dutch stekend loogkruid
nv chʼil awoshí
Polish solanka kolczysta
Serbo-Croatian solnjača
Slovenian navadna solinka
Swedish sodaört
Ukrainian Курай поташевий
Chinese 苏打刺沙蓬
Chinese 蘇打刺沙蓬
Chinese 鹽草
Chinese 刺沙蓬

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Name Authority First published in
Salsola kali subsp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 2: 786 (1951)
Salsola kali subsp. tragus (L.) Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2: 155. 1871

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Salsola kali var. caroliniana (Walter) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 199 (1818)

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
  • Asia-temperate
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • Lebanon-Syria
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Krym
    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Delaware
      • Florida
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Virginia
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South
      • Uruguay

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000435928
UNII 0BKP293XE9
Canadensys 4562
USDA Plants SAKA
Tropicos 7200069
INPN 120594
Flora of Italy 520
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303401-2
The Plant List kew-2481347
Observations.org 7401
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000014348
Nature Serve 2.149933
IPNI 303401-2
iNaturalist 57897
GBIF 3083957
Freebase /m/025tkcc
FEIS plants/forb/salkal
EPPO SASKA
EOL 585945
Elurikkus 7043
Calflora (Californian flora) 10342
USDA GRIN 310094
Wikipedia Salsola_kali

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Cytotoxic extracts of Salsola oppositifolia Desf. (Amaranthaceae) against non-small lung carcinoma (CORL-23) and melanoma (C32) cells R Tundis, MR Loizzo, M Bonesi, F Conforti, F Menichini, M Marrelli, G Statti, F Menichini Georg Thieme Verlag KG 03-Jul-2008
doi:10.1055/S-2007-987249

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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Isorhamnetin 3-galactoside 13245586 Click to see 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-987249
Isorhamnetin 3-O-glucoside 5318645 Click to see 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-987249
Isorhamnetin 3-robinobioside 6223069 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O)O)O)O)O)O 624.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-987249
Narcissin 5481663 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O)O)O)O)O)O 624.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-987249

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