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Salsola oppositifolia is a halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin.[1]

Salsola oppositifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Salsola
Species:	S. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Salsola oppositifolia Desf.
Synonyms[1]
Seidlitzia oppositifolia (Desf.) Iljin

Description

This annual, woody plant can grow into shrubs up to 2 m tall. It has cylindrical-linear and opposed leaves. The flowers, which bloom from May to October, are hermphrodyte and have a size of 1 cm.[2]

Taxonomy

Salsola oppositifolia was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines and published in Flora Atlantica 1: 219. 1798.[3]

Uses

This plant has been historically used, along with other Salsola species, as a source of soda ash, in the manufacture of lye and soaps.[2]

References

External links

• Data related to Salsola oppositifolia at Wikispecies
• Media related to Salsola oppositifolia at Wikimedia Commons

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[es] Salsola oppositifolia

Salsola oppositifolia o salao borde es una planta de la subfamilia Chenopodioideae de la familia Amaranthaceae.

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