Russian thistle †

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a European prickly herb, Salsola kali tenuifolia, introduced into N. America in the 1870's, a costly pest, especially in the grain-growing areas.

Quotations

1915

_SALSOLA (Russian Thistle) A bushy annual with fleshy or spiny leaves and sessile axillary flowers; calyx 5-parted. . . .

1954

Another jolly feature of the dust storms was the great amount of Russian Thistle that travelled with the drifting soil.

1963

With practically no vegetation remaining except Russian thistles, the premises gave the impression of poverty, desolation and desert.