Salsola australis (Prickly Saltwort)

Prickly Saltwort

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Salsola australis

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Salsola australis flower

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Credits:
Description and Habitat information is sourced from: Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland Government, Common saltmarsh plants of Queensland, https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/common-saltmarsh-plants-of-queensland Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

PRICKLY SALTWORT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Salsola australis in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Prickly Saltwort

Description
This prickly perennial shrub grows up to 1 m tall.
The plant's leaves are alternate, narrow, linear, cylindrical with sharp pointed ends, and are usually less than 1 cm long.
Its flowers are white with a tinge of green, insignificant, solitary and grow in the leaf axil.
Prickly saltwort flowers from September to March.

Habitat
The plant grows on the edge of saltmarsh and in dunal areas.

Distribution
Widespread throughout all mainland states, also found in Tasmania

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Salsola
Species:	australis
Common Name:	Prickly Saltwort