Amaranthaceae FAMILY

Suaeda altissima

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Suaeda altissima is an erect annual plant with a stout, much-branched stem; it can grow around 25 - 200cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use for making whisk0brooms and as a source of soda ash.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Spain, Greec, Bulgaria and Ukraine, then east through Turkey and the Caucasus to central Asia and Afghanistan; N. Africa (Egypt)

HabitatWeed-infested ground, refuse dumps, ruderal places, irrigation ditches, "tugai, " waterside solonchaks, and solonetzes; a weed of irrigated crops; solitary or in groups[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]..