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Halothamnus auriculus is a species of the plant genus Halothamnus, that belongs to the subfamily Salsoloideae of the family Amaranthaceae, (formerly Chenopodiaceae). It occurs in Western and Middle Asia.
Halothamnus auriculus is a good fodder plant and is planted for recultivation of pasture.
In their leaves the plants accumulate boron.
The distribution area of Halothamnus auriculus covers northern Iran, Pakistan (Baluchistan), Afghanistan, southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. It grows in semideserts and dry shrubland on clay-gravel, often saline or gypsum soils from 500– 2550 m above sea-level.
Halothamnus beckettii · Halothamnus bottae · Halothamnus glaucus · Halothamnus hierochunticus · Halothamnus iliensis · Halothamnus iranicus · Halothamnus lancifolius · Halothamnus somalensis · Halothamnus subaphyllus · Halothamnus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Halothamnus auriculus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
