Prickly Russian Thistle, Common Saltwort, Prickly Glasswort, Prickly Saltwort, Russian Thistle, Salsola, Spiny Saltwort, Tumbleweed
Common Names in Finnish:
Otakilokki ...
barbwire Russian thistle Salsola paulsenii
barnyard grass Echinochloa crus-galli
basket willow Salix viminalis
basketgrass; honohonokukui Oplismenus hirtellus
Batavia cinnamon; Padang cassia Cinnamomum burmannii ...
The Russian thistle—Salsola pestifera, of the family Chenopodiaceae ( family) and not a thistle—is one of the most frequent of the tumbleweeds.
Tumbleweed is also known as Russian thistle, and is a member of the Goosefoot family. It is a round, bushy, much-branched plant growing 1 to 3-1/2 feet high. The branches are slender, and soft when young, woody when mature. The leaves are alternate.
Salsola (also known as Tumbleweed, Saltwort or Russian thistle) is a genus of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs and small trees in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Africa, Asia, and Europe; they typically grow on flat, ...
Salsola paulsenii. (Tumbleweed, Russian Thistle)
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)
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Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a cool season vegetable of the Chenopodium family that is most closely related botanically to beets, Russian thistle and the common weed lamb's quarter.
withered plant tumbles around in the wind (hence the name), scattering their seeds. There are many different types of tumbleweed - they live in the prairie and plains of the United States. One common type of tumbleweed is Russian thistle (Salsola ...
 See also: Thistle, Tumbleweed, Goosefoot, Amaranth, Green
  
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