Salsola kali var. kali

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Family Chenopodiaceae

Taxonomy: Salsola kali L. var. kali

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Curtis_2012 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (2), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 35 records in 3 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 24.78 mm2 (24.78-24.78 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 13.68 mm (13.68-13.68 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.1 mm (2.1-2.1 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1.96 mg (1.96-1.96 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 78.06 g/m2 (78.06-78.06 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.07 g/g (0.07-0.07 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (1) [sources: Curtis_2012; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (1) [sources: Curtis_2012]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Curtis_2012	14	14	E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
NSWFRD_2014	2	2	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.