Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:223. 1753
Verified:
05/04/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
- Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
- Hegi, G. et al. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
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- Janick, J. & J. Simon, eds. Advances in new crops. 1990
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
- Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
- Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
- Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
- Shatrov, A. P. 1962. Poisoning of sheep with Anabasis aphylla and A. salsa. Veterinariia 8:49-54.
- Stewart, R. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir. 1972
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
- Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
Transcribed Chinese
wu ye jia mu zei –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia | Ciscaucasia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Gansu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xinjiang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation | Kalmykia | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation | Rostov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation | Saratov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation | Volgograd | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan
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CHINA:
China [Gansu, Xinjiang]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran, Iraq
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Russian Federation [Kalmykia, Rostov, Saratov, Volgograd]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | erosion control | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- |
| Medicines | source of anabasine | | Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988) |
| Non-vertebrate poisons | plant pest control | | Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Shatrov, A. P. 1962. Poisoning of sheep with Anabasis aphylla and A. salsa. Veterinariia 8:49-54. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=3051.
Accessed 17 December 2025.