Orobanchaceae

Cistanche salsa (C.A.Mey.) Beck

Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Cistanche

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Cistanche salsa: Flower of the parasite plant Cistanche salsa . Baikonur, Kazakhstan. — Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: ذؤنون تتاري
Armenian: Դևագի աղուտային
Azerbaijani: Şoranlıq sistanxesi
Chinese: 盐生肉苁蓉, 肉苁蓉, 盐生肉苁蓉（草苁蓉）
Hebrew: יחנוק המלחות
Japanese: ホンオニク
Kazakh: Сортаң цистанхе
Persian: گل جالیزی شوردوست
Russian: Цистанхе солончаковая

Synonyms

Anblatum tartaricum Fisch.
Cistanche ambigua (Bunge) Beck
Cistanche eremodoxa Bornm.
Cistanche jodostoma Butkov & Vved.
Cistanche salsa var. albiflora P.F.Tu & Z.C.Lou
Cistanche salsa var. longidens Gilli
Orobanche rhizopus Wallr. ex Ledeb.
Orobanche salsa (C.A.Mey.) Kuntze
Orobanche squamaria Fisch. ex Ledeb.
Phelipaea ambigua Bunge
Phelipaea salsa C.A.Mey.
Phelypaea ambigua Bunge
Phelypaea incana Payne
Phelypaea salsa C.A.Mey.

Photos

Photo: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.