Chenopodiaceae
Maltese salt tree
Salsola melitensis
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Salsola
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- سالسولا ميليتينسيس
- Chinese
- 马耳他猪毛菜
- English
- Maltese salt tree
- Maltese
- Xebb
Synonyms
- Darniella melitensis (Botsch.) Brullo
Photos
Photo: Matthew Caruana Galizia, 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.