Salsola oppositifolia
Salsola oppositifolia is a halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin.

Description 
This annual, woody plant can grow into shrubs up to 2 m tall. It has cylindrical-linear and opposed leaves. The flowers, which bloom from May to October, are hermphrodyte and have a size of 1 cm.

Taxonomy 
Salsola oppositifolia was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines and published in Flora Atlantica 1: 219. 1798.

Uses 
This plant has been historically used, along with other Salsola species, as a source of soda ash, in the manufacture of lye and soaps.

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Amaranthaceae
Halophytes
Industrial history
Plants described in 1798
Barilla plants
Flora of Algeria
Flora of Spain
Flora of Tunisia