Appearance
''Salsola vermiculata'' is a small, greyish, much-branched shrub ranging in height from 25 to 100 cm.The branches themselves branch repeatedly and are wiry and woody at the base. The leaves are tiny and scale-like, clasping the stem and covered with minute hairs. The inflorescence is a leafy spike with solitary flowers in the axils of the leaves.
The flowers have persistent, pinkish, winged sepals and no petals and are about 10 mm in diameter.
Distribution
This plant is native to Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as Egypt and Morocco. It is also native to southern Europe, including Italy, Spain and Portugal.Habitat
Its natural habitat is semi-arid and arid grassland, and it has been introduced to Pakistan and to California to provide forage in arid locations.References:
Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.
