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Salsola australis
Also called Buckbush, Common Russian Thistle, Prickly Saltwort, Rolypoly, Soft Rolypoly, Southern Russian Thistle
Salsola australis, commonly known as the buckbush, rolypoly, soft rolypoly, or prickly saltwort, and has the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara name Tjilkala is a species of flowering plant in the genus Salsola. And is found in all regions of Australia.
Saltworts · Slender Russian thistle · Russian thistle · Russian Thistle · Maltese salt tree · Barbwire Russian thistle · Salsola strobilifera · Prickly Russian thistle · Saltwort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salsola australis 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.
