Salsola komarovii
Salsola komarovii is an annual plant native to China, Korea, Japan and eastern Russia. It grows to a height of 20 to 50 centimeters (8 to 20 in).[1] It is cultivated as a vegetable; the leaves and young shoots are eaten.[2] In Japanese it is known as okahijiki[2] which translates as "land seaweed".
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| In Aomori, Japan | |
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| Salsola komarovii Iljin | |
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Kali komarovii (Iljin) Akhani & Roalson | |
References
- Zhu, Gelin; Mosyakin, Sergei L.; Clemants, Steven E. "Salsola komarovii". Flora of China. 5. Retrieved 28 October 2015 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- Kays, Stanley J. (2011). Cultivated Vegetables of the World: A Multilingual Onomasticon. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. p. 124. ISBN 978-9086861644.
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