Salsola tragus L. subsp. tragus (syn. Salsola kali subsp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó)

Taxonomy: Fam. Chenopodiaceae// Genus:  Salsola// Species: Salsola tragus L.// Subspecies: Salsola tragus L. subsp. tragus

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995) as Salsola kali subsp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó, in Soó & Jav., Magyar Növ. Kéz. 2: 786 (1951), which in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Uotila, 2011) is considered a synonym of Salsola tragus L. subsp. tragus.

Lifeform: Annual (therophyte according to the Raunkiær system) or biennial.

Distribution: Salsola tragus L. is native from the Europe to Siberia and Korea according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Disturbed ground.

Flowering period: Summer – autumn: AUG, SEP, OCT.

References:

Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Salsola tragus L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:307757-2 [Accessed 30.09.2021].

Salsola tragus subsp. tragus. Uotila, P. (2011): Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7721107&PTRefFk=7300000 [Accessed 30.09.2021].