Kali paulsenii (Litv.) Akhani & Roalson

Description: barbwire Russian thistle, Salsola paulsenii, White Mountains, elevation 1820 m (5970 ft). A pernicious and invasive weed native to southeastern Europe and central Asia. Date: 16 September 2012, 11:08. Source: barbwire Russian thistle, Salsola paulsenii. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 14′ 36.31″ N, 118° 11′ 36.53″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.243419; -118.193481.

Description: Paulsen's Russian thistle (Salsola paulsenii syn. Kali paulsenii), Goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae). Johnson Lakes Canyon, Kane County, Utah. Date: 29 May 2016, 08:25. Source: 2016.05.29_08.25.56_DSC04614. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: barbwire Russian thistle, Salsola paulsenii, covering landscape at northeast base of White Mountains in Fishlake Valley after summer rains, view east-northeast toward The Sump, elevation 1575 m (5170 ft). Also visible is fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens var. canescens). The steppes of central Asia have always borne a strong similarity to the Great Basin of North America. And now only more so with the invasion of cheatgrass, halogeton, and various Russian thistles such as this one. Date: 12 August 2015, 16:18. Source: barbwire Russian thistle, Salsola paulsenii. Author: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA. Camera location37° 54′ 29.66″ N, 118° 08′ 03.8″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 37.908238; -118.134389.