Plants Profile for Salsola tragus (prickly Russian thistle)

General Information
Symbol:	SATR12
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Chenopodiaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I HI I L48 I
Other Common Names:	tumbleweed
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, UT, Grand Co., Cisco vicinity. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 25. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
SAAU3	Salsola australis R. Br.
SAIB	Salsola iberica (Sennen & Pau) Botsch. ex Czerep.
SAKAR	Salsola kali L. ssp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó
SAKAT6	Salsola kali L. ssp. tenuifolia Moq.
SAKAT3	Salsola kali L. ssp. tragus (L.) Celak.
SAPE10	Salsola pestifer A. Nelson
SARU10	Salsola ruthenica Iljin

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	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Salsola L. – Russian thistle
Species	Salsola tragus L. – prickly Russian thistle

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.
Arkansas Salsola thistle Noxious weed
California common Russianthistle C list (noxious weeds)
Ohio Salsola kali ssp. tenuifolia Russian thistle Prohibited noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Salsola Salsola tragus Russian thistle prickly Russian thistle thistle tumbleweed tumbling thistle Salsola iberica Russian thistle prickly Russian thistle tumbleweed tumbling thistle Salsola kali ssp. tenuifolia Russian thistle tumbleweed This plant and the related entities 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.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
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

Top Level Regions
Hawaii	UPL

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU