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5159096 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Plant(s) Forest & Kim Starr	5162030 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Flower(s) Forest & Kim Starr	5162024 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Flower(s) Forest & Kim Starr	1363366 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Plant(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
1363367 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Feature(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte	1363368 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Feature(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte	1459792 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Seedling(s) Utah State University Archive	5162022 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Seed(s) Forest & Kim Starr
5162018 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Seedling(s) Forest & Kim Starr	5162029 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Plant(s) Forest & Kim Starr	5162031 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Infestation Forest & Kim Starr	5308087 Russian-thistle Salsola tragus Plant(s) USDA PLANTS Database

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Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: Caryophyllidae

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Chenopodiaceae

Genus: Salsola

Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
prickly Russian thistle

Related Scientific Names:

Salsola australis L.	*(Synonym)*
Salsola iberica L.	*(Synonym)*

References

Common Name Reference:	USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Scientific Name Reference:	USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.