| Common Name: | Russian thistle |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Salsola |
| Species: | kali |
| Classification/Rank: | Invasive |
| Method of Transportation: | |
| Habitat/Range: | • reported in Prince George in 2007. • tends to prefer and cause problems in areas drier than central and northern BC but further assessment is needed |
• annual herb that grows 0.1 to 1.0 m tall
• stems ascending, solitary, freely branched
• leaves alternate, linear, erect, spiny at the tip, reduced upward but broadened at the base
• flowers pink; solitary or clustered flowers in axils of the spiny bracts
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