Suaeda aegyptiaca(Hasselq.) Zohary

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WFO wfo-0000437555 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Arabella Willing
fig. a Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-02-04 / obs. 111947101
Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Jacky Judas
fig. b Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47244965
Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Jacky Judas
fig. c Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47244983
Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Jacky Judas
fig. d Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47244988
Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Arabella Willing
fig. e Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111947054
Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Jacky Judas
fig. f Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47244971
Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Arabella Willing
fig. g Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111947049
Suaeda aegyptiaca, photographed by Arabella Willing
fig. h Arabella Willing, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111947063

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Suaeda aegyptiaca is native: Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, Pakistan DjiboutiEgyptEritreaLibyaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusGulf StatesIranIraqKuwaitLebanon-SyriaOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenPakistan
Native distribution of Suaeda aegyptiaca, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
Djibouti DJI AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Libya LBY
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

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 12 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.

  • Chenopodium aegyptiacum Hasselq.
  • Chenopodium hortense (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Schult.
  • Enchylaena aegyptiaca (Hasselq.) Spreng.
  • Lerchia baccata (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Kuntze
  • Lerchia hortensis (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Kuntze
  • Salsola baccata (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Poir.
  • Schanginia aegyptiaca (Hasselq.) Aellen
  • Schanginia baccata (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Moq.
  • Schanginia hortensis (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Moq.
  • Schoberia hortensis (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Steud.
  • Suaeda baccata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
  • Suaeda hortensis Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.