Chenopodiaceae
Barbwire Russian thistle
Salsola paulsenii
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Salsola
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 長刺豬毛菜, 长刺猪毛菜
- Dutch
- Kali paulsenii
- English
- Barbwire Russian thistle, Kali paulsenii
- German
- Kali paulsenii
- Kazakh
- Qañbaq, Қаңбақ, قاڭباق
Flowers
- In flower
- March, September to November (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Without Borders, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Chebul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kate Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.