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SCIENTIFIC NAME
COMMON NAME
THUMBNAILS
Kingdom Plantae
Sub Kingdom Tracheobionta (vascular plant)
Superdivision Spermatophyta (seed plant)
Division Magnoliophyta (flowering plant)
Class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledon)
Order Caryophyllales
Family Chenopodiaceae
Genus Salsola
Species kali
Classification L.
Common name russian thistle

Physical Characteristics annual erbaceous plant. It's up to 50 centimeters tall, stem is erect, branched, with bright or reddish veins. It sprouts in the late spring. It flowers at the end of the summer. Flowers are not so showy, they are green and situated at the axils of the upper leaves and they are gathered in spikes. Both leaves and stems can photosynthetize. Leaves are fleshy and spiny.
Habitat sandy littorals, dunes areas.

Sources  
References Laguna di Venezia - Gli ambienti
Web References http://www.ambiente.venezia.it/partecipazione/lagunavenezia/Web/
Source of the photo http://erick.dronnet.free.fr/belles_fleurs_de_france/

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