Salsola squarrosaSteven ex Moq.

WFO wfo-0000435980 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Salsola squarrosa, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. a Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-07 / obs. 172574120
Salsola squarrosa, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. b Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148439253
Salsola squarrosa, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. c Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148439409
Salsola squarrosa, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. d Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148439269
Salsola squarrosa, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. e Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148439437
Salsola squarrosa, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. f Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148439302

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Salsola squarrosa is native: Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, East Aegean Is., Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Türkiye, Yemen, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Sulawesi, West Himalaya, Albania, Greece, Krym, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptTunisiaEast Aegean Is.KazakhstanSaudi ArabiaSinaiTürkiyeYemenJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew GuineaSulawesiWest HimalayaAlbaniaGreeceKrymNorthwest European RussiaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Salsola squarrosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR
Yemen YEM
Jawa JAW ASIA-TROPICAL
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Sulawesi SUL
West Himalaya WHM
Albania ALB EUROPE
Greece GRC
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Kali dodecanesicum C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso & Ilardi
  • Kali pontica (Pall.) Sukhor.
  • Kali tragus subsp. ponticum (Pall.) Mosyakin
  • Salsola controversa Tod. ex Lojac.
  • Salsola kali subsp. pontica (Pall.) Mosyakin
  • Salsola kali var. pontica Pall.
  • Salsola pontica (Pall.) Degen
  • Salsola pontica (Pall.) Iliin
  • Salsola ruthenica subsp. pontica (Pall.) Iljin
  • Salsola squarrosa subsp. controversa (Tod. ex Lojac.) Mosyakin
  • Salsola squarrosa subsp. pontica (Pall.) Mosyakin
  • Salsola squarrosa subsp. squarrosa
  • Salsola tragus subsp. pontica (Pall.) S.Rilke

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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