| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Anabasis salsa (Ledeb.) Benth. ex Volkens |
| Bibliography | Nat. Pflanzenfam. [H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl] 3(1a): 87 (1893) |
| Native Range | se. European Russia to Mongolia and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets grey-brown, lower leaves patent, linear, subterete, 2-5mm long, setose, upper leaves scaly-like, awnless, flowers solitary, axillary, bracts carnose |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Anabasis ramosa Siev. Anabasis ramosissima Minkw. Brachylepis humilis Less. Brachylepis ramosissima (Minkw.) Ulbr. Brachylepis salsa Ledeb. Microlepis salsa (Ledeb.) Eichw. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |