Name: Bocks-Salzkraut, Ruthenisches Salzkraut (DE), Prickly Russian thistle, Russian thistle, tumbleweed (EN), soude roulante (FR)
Distribution: England; Ireland; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Channel Isl.; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Malta; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (rare mainland, Evvoia, Kiklades: Folegandros); Crete (rare); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; Ukraine; Moldova; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Algeria; Tunisia; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, NW-coastal Egypt); Azores (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Pico, Faial); Madeira (Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife); Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia); Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Ikaria, Samos, Rhodos); Turkey; Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran; Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan, Balkh, Bamyan, Ghazni, Ghorat, Helmand, Kabul, Kandahar, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Takhar); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira); Israel (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Kuwait; Yemen; China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shandong, Jiangsu); Tibet; Mongolia; South Korea; Pakistan (Quetta, Baluchistan, Kurram, Peshawar, Gilgit, Baltistan); India (Ladakh); Sulawesi (incl. Selayar, Buton Isl.); Java (Kangean Arch., Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Timor); Moluccas (Kei Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia; Hawaii [I] (East Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Canada [I] (Alberta [I], British Columbia [I], Manitoba [I], New Brunswick [I], Newfoundland & Labrador [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Quebec [I], Saskatchewan [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], District of Columbia [I], Georgia [I], Idaho [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Iowa [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Maine [I], Maryland [I], Massachusetts [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Mississippi [I], Missouri [I], Montana [I], Nebraska [I], Nevada [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], North Carolina [I], North Dakota [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Vermont [I], Virginia [I], Washington [I], West Virginia [I], Wisconsin [I], Wyoming [I]); Mexico [I]; Central America [I]; South America [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]; Chile [I] (Atacama [I], Coquimbo [I], Valparaíso [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], O´Higgins [I], Maule [I], Ñuble [I], Biobío [I], Araucanía [I], Los Rios [I], Los Lagos [I])
10 DEN FIN GRB IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN NET POL SLO SWI 12 BAL CIS COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA PEL PTL ROM SIC SLV SRB 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT MLD RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY MDR 26 ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 30 SIB 31 rfe 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 KUW SAU YEM 36 CHI TIB 37 MON 38 KOR 40 IND PAK 42 JAW LSI MOL NWG SUL 51 nzl 60 NWC 63 haw 71 cdn 72 cdn 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 85 arg cle uru
Remarks: some of the distribution in Asia might belong to S. pontica
Synonyms: hidden
= Kali tragus (L.) Scop.; Fl. Carniol. ed. II. 1: 175 (1771)
= Kali tragus var. tenuifolia (Tausch) Verloove; Dumortiera 122: 175 (2023)
= Salsola altaica (C.A.Mey.) Iljin; Kom., Fl. URSS 6: 212 (1936)
= Salsola brachypteris Moq.; Chenop. Enum. 147 (1840)
= Salsola caroliniana Walter; Fl. Carol.: 111 (1788), nom. rej. prop.
= Salsola dichracantha Kitag.; Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo Sect. IV 2: 124 (1935)
= Salsola iberica (Sennen & Pau) Botsch. ex Czerep.; Svod Dopolnenii i izmenenii k "Flore SSSR": 192 (1973)
= Salsola kali f. tenuifolia (Tausch) Beck; Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 24: 171 (1909)
= Salsola kali subsp. iberica (Sennen & Pau) Rilke; Fl. Iranica 172: 183 (1997)
= Salsola kali subsp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó; R. Sóo & S. A. Jávorka, Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 2: 786 (1951)
= Salsola kali subsp. tragus (L.) Celak.; Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2: 155 (1871)
= Salsola kali subsp. tragus (L.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur.: 631 (1881), isonym
= Salsola kali var. brevimarginata W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2, 2: 693 (1844), nom. superfl.
= Salsola kali var. caroliniana (Walter) Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 199 (1818)
= Salsola kali var. glabra Ten.; Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 124 (1831), nom. illeg.
= Salsola kali var. leptophylla Benth.; Fl. Austral. 5: 208 (1870)
= Salsola kali var. pseudotragus Beck; Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 24: 172 (1909)
= Salsola kali var. tenuifolia Tausch; Flora 11: 326 (1828)
= Salsola kali var. tragus (L.) Moq.; A. DC., 187 (1849)
= Salsola pestifer A.Nelson; Coult. & Nels., Man. Bot. Rocky Mt., ed. 2: 169 (1909)
= Salsola pseudotragus (Beck) Iljin; Kom., Fl. URSS 6: 212 (1936)
= Salsola ruthenica Iljin; B. A. Keller & al., Sorn. Rast. SSSR 2: 137 (1934), nom. illeg.
= Salsola ruthenica var. filifolia A.J.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(1): 123 (1978)
= Salsola ruthenica var. tragus (L.) Morariu; Savul., Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 1: 581 (1952), nom. superfl.
= Salsola tragus subsp. iberica Sennen & Pau; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 18: 476 (1908)
= Salsola tragus var. pseudocollina Tzvelev; Fl. Vostochnoi Evropy 9: 82 (1996)
= Salsola tragus var. tenuifolia (Tausch) Tzvelev; Ukrayins´k. Bot. Zhurn. 50: 82 (1993)
