Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Chenopodiaceae > Genus Salsola > Aggregate Salsola kali aggr.

Salsola kali L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Salsola*	L.	accepted genus name
*Salsola acanthoclada*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola acutifolia*	(Bunge) Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola aegaea*	Rech. f.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola algeriensis*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola arbuscula*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola aucheri*	(Moq.) Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Salsola azaurena*	Mouterde	taxonomically included in
*Salsola boissieri*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola brevifolia*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola carpatha*	P. H. Davis	taxonomically included in
*Salsola chellalensis*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola collina*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola cruciata*	Batt. & Trab.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola cyclophylla*	Baker	taxonomically included in
*Salsola cyrenaica*	(Maire & Weiller) Brullo	taxonomically included in
*Salsola daghestanica*	Bunge	taxonomically included in
*Salsola dendroides*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola divaricata*	Link	taxonomically included in
*Salsola ericoides*	M. Bieb.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola foliosa*	(L.) Schult.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola frankenioides*	(Caball.) Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola gaetula*	(Maire) Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola gemmascens*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola genistoides*	Poir.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola glomerata*	(Maire) Brullo	taxonomically included in
*Salsola grandis*	Freitag, Vural & Adıgüzel	taxonomically included in
*Salsola gymnomaschala*	Maire	taxonomically included in
*Salsola gypsacea*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola heliaramiae*	Mouterde	taxonomically included in
*Salsola imbricata*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola incanescens*	C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola inermis*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola jordanicola*	Eig	taxonomically included in
*Salsola kali aggr.*		taxonomically included in
*Salsola kerneri*	(Woł.) Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola laricina*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola longifolia*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola mairei*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola melitensis*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola nitraria*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola oppositifolia*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola orientalis*	S. G. Gmel.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola paletzkiana*	Litv.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola papillosa*	Willk.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola portilloi*	Caball.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola praemontana*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola schweinfurthii*	Solms	taxonomically included in
*Salsola soda*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola spinescens*	Moq.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola stenoptera*	Wagenitz	taxonomically included in
*Salsola subglabra*	Botsch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola tamariscina*	Pall.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola tetragona*	Delile	taxonomically included in
*Salsola tetrandra*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola tomentosa*	(Moq.) Spach	taxonomically included in
*Salsola tunetana*	Brullo	taxonomically included in
*Salsola turcica*	Yıld.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola vermiculata*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola verrucosa*	M. Bieb.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola verticillata*	Schousb.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola volkensii*	Schweinf. & Asch.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola webbii*	Moq.	taxonomically included in
*Salsola zygophylla*	Batt.	taxonomically included in
*Caroxylon*	Thunb.	synonym
*Darniella*	Maire & Weiller	synonym
*Hypocylix*	Woł.	synonym
*Kaviria*	Akhani & Roalson	synonym
*Neocaspia*	Tzvelev	synonym
*Nitrosalsola*	Tzvelev	synonym
*Xylosalsola*	Tzvelev	synonym

Species group names

*Kali australis*	(L.) Akhani & Roalson	homotypic synonym
*Salsola kali subsp. kali*	Linnaeus	taxonomically included in

Children

Salsola kali Linnaeus subsp. kali

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: Këmbëkuqja sources: Demiri, M. 1981: Flora Ekskursioniste E Shqiperise

Aragonese: barrilla; capitana; espinardo; espinardos sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: matschikia; mats-chikía sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: barrella; barrella borda; barrella espinosa; barrella punxosa; barrella-espinosa; capitana; espinadella; salat; sosa sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Croatian: slankasta solnjača; zelenkasta solnjača sources: Nikolić, T. 2000: Flora Croatica. Index florae Croaticae, 1. – Natura Croatica 3, Suppl. 1

Danish: Sodaurt sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Dutch: Stekend loogkruid sources: Meijden, R. van der 1990: Heukels' Flora van Nederland, ed. 21. – Groningen

Estonian: Rand-ogamalts sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Finnish: meriotakilokki; meriotakilokki sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2;Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

French: Salsovie; Soude brûlée; Soude épineuse; Soude kali sources: 2006: Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone – http://www.tela-botanica.org/

Galician: barilla; barrilla; barrilleira sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

German: Kali-Salzkraut sources: Rothmaler, W. (ed. Jäger, E. J.) 2011: Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband, ed. 20. – Heidelberg: Spektrum

High Aragonese: capitana; yerba capitana sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Hungarian: Homoki ballagófű sources: Simon, T. 1992: A magyarországi edényes flóra határozója. Harasztok - virágos növények. – Budapest

Icelandic: Þornurt sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Latvian: Kālija sālszāle sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Lithuanian: smiltyninė druskė sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Majorcan: barella; barrella; barrella espinosa; espinadella; salsora sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Maltese: Ħaxixa ta' l-lrmied; Xewwikija sources: Weber, H. C. 2004: Wild plants of Malta. – Malta

Norwegian: Sodaurt sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Polish: Solanka kolczysta sources: Mirek, Z. 1995: Vascular plants of Poland. A Checklist.

Portuguese: barrilha espinhosa; barrilha-espinhosa; barrilheira; barrilheira-espinhosa; gramata; soda espinhosa; soda-espinhosa; trago-espinhoso sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Romanian: Ciurlan sources: Ciocârlan, V. 2009: Flora Ilustrată a României: Pteridophyta et Spermatophyta. – Bucureşti

Russian: солянка калийная sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Scottish Gaelic: Lus an tsalainn sources: Scannell, M. J. P. & Synnott, D. M. 1987: Census catalogue of the flora of Ireland, ed. 2. – Dublin

Slovak: slanobyľ draslomilná ruská sources: Marhold, K. & Hindák, F. 1998: Zoznam nižších a vyšších rastlín Slovenska. – Bratislava

Slovenian: Kalijeva solinka sources: Martinčič, A. 1999: Mala flora Slovenije, ed. 3. – Ljubljana

Spanish, Castillian: abrebujo; abrojos; almajo de los jaboneros; barella pinchosa; barilla borde; barilla pinchosa; barrilla; barrilla borde; barrilla espinosa; barrilla pinchosa; barrilla pinchuda; charoleras; correcaminos; corremundo; espantabrujas; espantamulas; espinardo; espinardos; hierba de cristal; hierba del cristal; hierba del jabón; malos vecinos; marquesas; mata pinchosa; mata punchosa; matas pinchosas; matas punchosas; meona; meonas; mil nudos; pincho; pincho barrillero; pinchos; pinchosa; ródano; salicor borde; salicor de la Mancha; sapillo; sosa; trago; trotamundos; volero sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: sodaört; sodaört sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2;Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Valencian: barrella punchosa; barrella punxosa; herba de nuguets; herba del nuguet; herbes del nuguet; mil nucs; salicor borde sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Welsh: Helys Ysbigog

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
basis of record	Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
nomenclatural reference	Sp. Pl.: 222. 1753

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. 2011+: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Salsola kali L. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1408c0e8-e49b-4b2d-95fd-8bbcadee0e08

WoRMS (2025). Salsola kali Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418663