Plants Profile for Alhagi maurorum (camelthorn)

General Information
Symbol:	ALMA12
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ALCA	Alhagi camelorum Fisch.
ALPS3	Alhagi pseudalhagi (M. Bieb.) Desv. ex B. Keller & Schaparenko

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Alhagi Gagnebin – alhagi
Species	Alhagi maurorum Medik. – camelthorn

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Arizona Alhagi pseudalhagi camelthorn Prohibited noxious weed camelthorn Restricted noxious weed
California camelthorn A list (noxious weeds) camelthorn Public nuisance
Colorado Alhagi pseudalhagi camelthorn A list (noxious weeds)
Nevada Alhagi camelorum camelthorn Noxious weed
New Mexico Alhagi pseudalhagi camelthorn Class A noxious weed
Oregon Alhagi pseudalhagi camelthorn "A" designated weed camelthorn Quarantine
Texas Alhagi camelorum camelthorn Noxious plant
Washington camelthorn Class B noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Alhagi maurorum camelthorn Alhagi camelorum camelthorn Alhagi pseudalhagi camelthorn This plant and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC