Chenopodiaceae
Fivehorn smotherweed
Bassia hyssopifolia
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Bassia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- قضقاض زوفي الأوراق
- Chinese
- 钩刺沙冰藜, 钩刺雾冰藜, 钩状刺果藜, 勾刺雾冰藜
- English
- Fivehorn smotherweed, Five-hooked brassia
- Estonian
- Iisop-puhmikmalts
- Finnish
- Kielisuolukka
- Swedish
- Krokmålla
Synonyms
- Bassia hyssopifolia subsp. reuteriana (Boiss.) O.Bolòs & Font Quer
- Bassia reuteriana (Boiss.) Gürke
- Chenopodium augustanum Moq.
- Chenopodium lanuginosum Moench
- Chenopodium villosum Lam.
- Echinopsilon hyssopifolius (Pall.) Moq.
- Echinopsilon lanatus Moq.
- Echinopsilon reuterianus Boiss.
- Kochia hyssopifolia (Pall.) Roth
- Kochia hyssopifolia Schrad.
- Salsola hissopifolia Nocca ex Usteri
- Salsola hyssopifolia Pall.
- Salsola triandra Poir.
- Suaeda hyssopifolia (Pall.) Pall.
- Suaeda triandra Henckel
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.