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Prickly saltwort

Salsola kali

388Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May4
Jun28
Jul95
Aug108
Sep114
Oct25
Nov6
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England39
2Cambridgeshire England30
3Norfolk England23
4Dorset England13
5East Riding of Yorkshire England12
6Devon England12
7Portsmouth England10
8Cumbria England9
9East Lothian Scotland9
10Kent England8
11Argyll and Bute Scotland7
12Essex England6
13Somerset England6
14Bristol, City of England6
15Lincolnshire England5
313 England43 Scotland23 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
388
Peak month
September
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Salsola kali
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,302
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Salsola
Name with authority
Salsola kali L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163655 · GBIF 3083957