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Russian thistle † 
a European prickly herb, Salsola kali tenuifolia, introduced into N. America in the 1870's, a costly pest, especially in the grain-growing areas.
- 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.
- 1915 SALSOLA (Russian Thistle) A bushy annual with fleshy or spiny leaves and sessile axillary flowers; calyx 5-parted. . . .