Soda oppositifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Soda |
Species: | S. oppositifolia
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Binomial name | |
Soda oppositifolia (
Desf.) Akhani
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Soda oppositifolia is a species of halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin. [1]
This annual, woody plant can grow into shrubs up to 2 m tall. It has cylindrical-linear and opposed leaves. The flowers, which bloom from May to October, are hermphrodyte and have a size of 1 cm. [2]
Salsola oppositifolia was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines and published in Flora Atlantica 1: 219. 1798. [3]
This plant has been historically used, along with other Soda species, as a source of soda ash, in the manufacture of lye and soaps. [2]
Soda oppositifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Soda |
Species: | S. oppositifolia
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Binomial name | |
Soda oppositifolia (
Desf.) Akhani
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Soda oppositifolia is a species of halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin. [1]
This annual, woody plant can grow into shrubs up to 2 m tall. It has cylindrical-linear and opposed leaves. The flowers, which bloom from May to October, are hermphrodyte and have a size of 1 cm. [2]
Salsola oppositifolia was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines and published in Flora Atlantica 1: 219. 1798. [3]
This plant has been historically used, along with other Soda species, as a source of soda ash, in the manufacture of lye and soaps. [2]