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Re: Reliable Botanical Resource

Home › Forums › General › General Garden Discussion › Reliable Botanical Resource › Re: Reliable Botanical Resource

February 3, 2011 at 1:15 am #29637

Anonymous

What you are referring too may be a member of the Genus Salsola. Salsola is in the Chenopodium family which also includes spinach, chard, beets, lambs quarters and orach just to name a few. Salsola’s are often halophytic, they live in a more saline or salty environment. Several have the common name Saltwort.

I have heard they are fairly easy in good garden soil and do not require salinity. It seems as though a few of the seed catalogs carried them recently.

Hope this helps your further research.

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