Salsola dendroides Pall.

PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS (GEORGIA)
CHENOPODIACEAE
Salsola dendroides Pall.
det. N. Lachashvili
The Republic of Georgia. Kiziki. Dedoplistskaro District.
Environs of Chachuna, ca. lkm N of river Iori, ca. 41°13'23
N, 45°58'37 E, ca. 250 m. (coordinates from hand-held GPS).
Desert. Artemisieto-salsolosum. Plant cover ca. 55%. Salsola
nodulosa, S. ericoides, Medicago minima.
Shrub, 70-150 cm. Stem more or less thickly crisped hairy.
Leaves small, semicircular to circular, blunt. Bracts short,
fleshy, ovate-triangular. Bracteoles similar, shorter than
flowers, white-flecked. Parianth segments triangular-ovate.
Wings brown. Stigmas broadly ribbon-shaped, brownish
black, with many short papillae.
Nikoloz Lachashvili 304	18 "November 2005
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in Collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
04203797