Amaranthaceae

Volkensinia prostrata (Volkens ex Gilg) Schinz

Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Volkensinia

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Volkensinia prostrata: Photograph of the flower of Dasysphaera prostrata, an arid-adapted shrub that grows on saline or alkaline soils in the Lake Turkana and Chalbi Desert regions of — Photo: Darouet, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Photo: Darouet, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.