Scientific Name:	Salsola iberica Sennen & Pau	Common Name:	Thistle, Russian
Scientific Family:		Affiliation:	TCE, TAES, And TTU
Local Names:	Tumbleweed	Common Family Name:	Goosefoot
Life Cycle:	Annual >> Summer	Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate
Stem Characteristic:	Erect	Stem Type:	Round
Leaf Structure:	Simple	Petiole:	No
Leaf Margins:	Entire	Leaf Shape:	Linear To Awl-shaped
Leaf Hairs:	No	Flower Color:	Inconspicuous
Growth Stage:	Vegetative	Environment:	Water Ways, Sorghum Field, Roadsides, Peanut Field, Pastures, CRP, Cotton Field, Corn Field, Commercial Vegetables
Other:	A rounded, bushy, much branched annual,reproduced by seed. Seeds are spread as mature plants break off at ground level and are scattered by the wind.