Nitrariaceae

Nitraria retusa (Forssk.) Asch.

Family: Nitrariaceae
Genus: Nitraria

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Nitraria retusa (Nitraria retusa) — Photo: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: غرقد كليل, غردق, عرقد, عركاد, فراج
arz: غرقد كليل
Chinese: 地中海白刺
Hebrew: ימלוח פגום
Russian: Селитрянка притуплённая, Селитрянка сенегальская

Synonyms

Berberis africana Hebenstr. & Ludw. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Nitraria schoberi var. faurei Maire
Nitraria senegalensis Poir.
Nitraria sericea Jaub. & Spach
Nitraria tridentata Desf.
Peganum retusum Forssk.

Flowers

In flower: April (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: MEDIMEGH Alaeddine, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghaffar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Loïc Chalmandrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wijdan Aloqab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wijdan Aloqab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Maarten Vanhove, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Gianmaria Bonari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.