Salsola collina, commonly known as the slender Russian thistle, tumbleweed, or Russian thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Salsola.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Slender Russian-thistle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Salsola tragus
- Corispermum pallasii
- Bassia scoparia
- Salsola pontica
- Corispermum americanum
- Corispermum hyssopifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Salsola
- Species
- Salsola collina
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