Halogeton sativus, (L.) Moq.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 108

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Halogeton sativus
status

 

1. H. sativus (L.) Moq. , Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 158 (1840).

Stems 15-80 cm. Leaves 5-16 x 1-1-5 mm, usually mucronate. Stamens 5. Perianth-wing up to 3 x 4 mm, reniform-orbicular to ovate, unequal, often pinkish. Seeds c. 1-5 mm. Saline habitats, mainly maritime. S.E. Spain. Hs [It]. (N.W. Africa.)

Cultivated in the Mediterranean region where it is burnt for the production of base-rich ash.

H. glomeratus (Bieb.) C. A. Meyer in Ledeb., FI. Altaica 1: 378 (1829) from S.E. Russia and W. Kazakhstan, is very doubtfully distinct from 1. It is less robust (stems 3-40 cm), with the leaves up to 1 2x2 mm and 1—3(—5) stamens.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Genus

Halogeton

Loc

Halogeton sativus

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964
1964
Loc

H. sativus (L.)

Moq. 1840: 158
1840
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