Common Name: Buckbush
Botanical Name: Salsola kali
Family: CHENOPODIACEAE
Description:
Prickly, erect, fleshy annual to 60 cm high. Sharply pointed, small, clustered, light green, 1-3 cm long. Mainly late autumn to spring. Surrounded by thin, papery discs. Mainly late autumn to spring.
Prickly, erect, fleshy annual to 60 cm high. Sharply pointed, small, clustered, light green, 1-3 cm long. Mainly late autumn to spring. Surrounded by thin, papery discs. Mainly late autumn to spring.
Natural Distribution:
Common to lower rainfall mallee areas and disturbed sites in all agricultural districts of SA. In all mainland States.
Common to lower rainfall mallee areas and disturbed sites in all agricultural districts of SA. In all mainland States.
Notes:
Considered a pest plant in many parts of Australia.
Considered a pest plant in many parts of Australia.
