Prickly Russian Thistle (Salsola tragus) Plant Guide - USDA Plants Database Ayres et al 2009, Mosyakin 2017) One complex hybrid, nicknamed Salsola paulsenii lax because of a lax tip on the perianth, has genetic markers of S tragus, S paulsenii, S australis, and unique genetic markers that may represent a lack of genetic sampling or a fourth unknown species
Salsola tragus L. - Calflora Salsola tragus is an annual herb that is not native to California More … Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals [web application] 2025 The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]
Identification and Management of Kochia and Russian Thistle – 6. 314 Kochia (Kochia scoparia L ) and Russian thistle (Salsola tragus L ) are troublesome annual weeds of rangelands, pastures, fields, disturbed areas, gardens, roadsides, ditchbanks, and small acreages Both species are non-native to the United States
Salsola tragus Profile – California Invasive Plant Council Salsola tragus (Russian-thistle) is a large, bushy summer annual (family Chenopodiaceae) It can be found throughout California, including in agricultural areas, desert, roadsides and other disturbed areas Russian-thistle can impede traffic, create fire hazards, and is a host of the beet leaf-hopper, an agricultural insect pest
SEINet Portal Network - Salsola tragus - swbiodiversity. org This is the genus of the common tumbleweed S tragus is an annual, has many-branched stems, leaves which are mostly 1mm (in dried specimens) and become rigid and sharp-tipped at maturity, and small flowers in the axils This plant is a very problematic invasive in North America
Salsola tragus — prickly saltwort - Go Botany Prickly saltwort was probably imported from Russia to South Dakota in 1870 or 1874 in flax seed This noxious weed now occupies much of North America It is one of several plants that may form tumbleweeds, breaking off at the base after drying, and rolling great distances, blown by the wind and scattering seeds as it goes
Salsola tragus, Prickly Russian Thistle - Southwest Desert Flora A detailed description for Salsola tragus, Prickly Russian Thistle, also called Common Saltwort, Common Russian Thistle, Leap The Field, Russian Thistle, Tumbleweed, Tumbling Thistle, Wind Witch, Windwitch (Spanish: Chamizo Volador, Maromero; French: Soude Roulante)
Salsola Tragus, Prickly Russian Thistle - American Southwest Salsola tragus is the most widespread of eight species of this non-native genus to have become established in the US, after being introduced in the 1870s Plants branch profusely, forming dense clumps, several feet high and wide Leaves are clustered, linear to thread-like, and terminate in a spike
Chenopodiaceae Salsola tragus - U. S. National Park Service Salsola tragus Synonym: Salsola pestifer Family: Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot Family Annual herbs; 3 9” to 5 9” (1 to 1 5 dm) tall Leaves: alternate; simple; grey or bluish; entire; can have hairs; 0 6” to 2 4” (1 5 to 6 cm) long, 0 012” to 0 032” (0 3 to 0 8 mm) wide