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Salsola cyclophylla is a common chenopod of the extreme desert. Here u can see its fruits.

Salsola cyclophylla is a common chenopod of the extreme desert. Here u can see its fruits.

Salsola imbricata is a common shrublet of the southern Arava Valley. Here you can see its fruits.

Salsola is a large genus of mainly desert species. The leaves are very small, thus losing little water. The flowers are tiny, greenish and wind pollinated. In this pic u can see the fruits which are flower-like in shape, wind dispersed by their wings.

Summer is ending and many chenopods are fruiting. Salsola vermiculata is common in semidesert, its has flower-like fruits that range from green to purple. The winged fruit is dispersed by wind.

Prickly saltwort; loogkruid.