Chenopodiaceae
Slender Russian thistle
Salsola collina
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Salsola
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 猪毛菜, 豬毛菜
- Czech
- Slanobýl chlumní
- English
- Slender Russian thistle
- Estonian
- Kink-ogamalts
- Finnish
- Tähkäotakilokki
- German
- Hügel-Salzkraut
- Kazakh
- Қаңбақ сораң
- Lithuanian
- Šlaitinė druskė
- Mongolian
- Толгодын бударгана
Synonyms
- Salsola chinensis Gand.
- Salsola kali subsp. collina (Pall.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimir Atachkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.