Soda oppositifolia

Soda oppositifolia is a species of halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin.^[1]

Soda oppositifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Soda
Species:	S. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Soda oppositifolia (Desf.) Akhani
Synonyms[1]
Salsola oppositifolia Desf. Seidlitzia oppositifolia (Desf.) Iljin

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.^[2]

Taxonomy

Salsola oppositifolia was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines and published in Flora Atlantica 1: 219. 1798.^[3]

Uses

This plant has been historically used, along with other Soda species, as a source of soda ash, in the manufacture of lye and soaps.^[2]