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Halocnemum is a genus of salt-tolerant, succulent shrubs and subshrubs (up to about 1.5 m) from the Mediterranean, North Africa and Central Asia, found in salt marshes and salt flats. The key to growing it is to supply full sun, well-drained saline or sandy soil, and very little freshwater; the genus is rarely grown as a garden plant.
Halocnemum is a genus of halophytic shrubs in the family Amaranthaceae. The plants are fleshy and apparently articulated with characteristic globular or short-cylindrical lateral branches, and reduced leaves and flowers. There are three or two species, occurring from Southern Europe and North Africa to Asia.
The distribution area of Halocnemum covers Southern Europe, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia, Middle Asia to China (Xinjiang, Gansu).
Halocnemum strobilaceum has small economic value as a grazing plant for camels and sheep. Plants are very good prime colonizers and are often used to rehabilitate pastures on highly saline soils. They are used as source of potash and as fuel by nomadic tribes.
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