Halothamnus lancifolius

Halothamnus lancifolius

Halothamnus lancifolius is a plant of the genus Halothamnus from the family of Amaranthaceae ( Amaranthaceae ).

Features

Halothamnus lancifolius is a 45 cm high shrub with blue-green, bright striped branches. The flat and somewhat fleshy leaves are lanceolate - triangular or linear - triangular, to 43 mm long and 1.9 to 4.5 mm wide and 1-5 mm running down the stem. The bracts are flat and lanceolate, as are the bracts, which project obliquely and are hautrandig only at the base. The flowers are 3.8-4.8 mm long with lanceolate - ovate tepals, the scars are rounded at the tip. The winged fruit reached 9-14 mm in diameter, their wings put below the middle. The Tepalenzipfel tend steep conical together. The Fruchttubus is cylindrical and has deep, comma- or dash- shaped pits at the base on.

Fruit, bottom

Occurrence

The distribution area of Halothamnus lancifolius includes Syria, Israel and Palestine, Jordan, western Iraq, Egypt ( Sinai ) and northwestern Saudi Arabia. It grows on rocky, often salt- rich soils from minus 400 to 1500 m above sea level.

System

The first description of the species was made in 1853 by Pierre Edmond Boissier lancifolium as Caroxylon. In 1993, Gabriele Kothe -Heinrich them to species rank in the genus Halothamnus.

Synonyms for Halothamnus lancifolius ( Boiss. ) Kothe - Heinr. are Caroxylon lancifolium Boiss., Salsola lancifolia ( Boiss. ) Boiss., Aellenia lancifolia ( Boiss. ) Ulbr. , Aellenia glauca ( Bieb. ) Aellen ssp. lancifolia ( Boiss. ) Aellen and Aellenia lancifolia ( Boiss. ) Aellen nom.inval.

Hebrew: אֵלֶנְיָה אִזְמֵלָנִית