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§1 Plant
Salsola tragus L.
vernacular prickly Russian thistle — species · Chenopodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Salsola
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 908 counties across 37 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 908 counties across 37 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Kings 06031
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Denver 08031
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Pueblo 08101
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Randolph 17157
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Elkhart 18039
- Fulton 18049
- Hancock 18059
- Jasper 18073
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 64 I ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 52 I ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Dixon 31051
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Fillmore 31059
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Greeley 31077
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Otoe 31131
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Thurston 31173
- Washington 31177
Nevada view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
New York view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Shelby 39149
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 88 I ▾
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Atascosa 48013
- Bailey 48017
- Baylor 48023
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Dimmit 48127
- Donley 48129
- Ector 48135
- El Paso 48141
- Floyd 48153
- Foard 48155
- Frio 48163
- Gaines 48165
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Haskell 48207
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hockley 48219
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jack 48237
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jones 48253
- King 48269
- Kleberg 48273
- Knox 48275
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Loving 48301
- Lubbock 48303
- McCulloch 48307
- McMullen 48311
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- San Patricio 48409
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Swisher 48437
- Terrell 48443
- Upton 48461
- Val Verde 48465
- Ward 48475
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Wilbarger 48487
- Winkler 48495
- Young 48503
- Zapata 48505
Utah view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 20 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Oconto 55083
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
Wyoming view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sublette 56035
- Sweetwater 56037
- Teton 56039
- Uinta 56041
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SATR12 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3083945 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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