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🌿 A saltwort plant 🌱 A plant genus
Salsola

Salsola

9.9
A group of herbs and small shrubs that grow in salty soil
  • noun
  • /sælˈsoʊlə/
  • Specialized
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  • In coastal regions, Salsola plants thrive in the salty soil, making them a common sight along the shoreline.

Examples

  • The Salsola genus includes several species that can tolerate extreme salt concentrations in their environment.

  • Farmers often plant Salsola as a natural way to improve soil quality in saline areas.

  • Cross-sections of the microphyllous leaf and photosynthetic young stem of cheesebush, Hymenoclea salsola, from the California deserts.

    Academic text (1998)

Compounds

Salsola kali
  • Specialized
9.9

A bushy plant that grows on sea beaches and salty marshes with prickly leaves

Salsola kali tenuifolia
  • Specialized
9.9

A prickly bushy plant like a round tumbleweed that grows in dry areas and damages crops

Salsola soda
  • Specialized
9.9

A bushy coastal plant with prickly leaves and edible shoots that grows in salty soil

Surface Forms

Salsola singular
Salsola plural

Etymology

Salsola comes from the Latin word salsus and the root sal, both meaning 'salt', and is like the English word salt. So these plants often grow in salty soil, and the name helps you remember they are 'salt plants'.