Salsola Species, Prickly Russian Thistle

These are quick to propagate and thrive in dry, arid southwestern desert regions. These also become tumbleweeds when they finally die, an...Read Mored in areas where there are bad infestations of them they create nasty messes. These are also very large fire hazards and are a poor choice if you live in an area prone to forest fires.

Quite invasive, having propagated itself to numerous areas on my land where a plant of its full size would not be acceptable. I am in pr...Read Moreocess of pulling, while they're still young, as many of those inappropriately placed invasions as I can but am leaving a few coherent stands of them to grow to full height in areas where a bushy shrub like this might look interesting. Remains to be seen how I feel about them after they dry out and I have to clean up those stands of them that I am allowing to grow.

Prickly Russian Thistle Salsola tragus is naturalized in Texas and other States and is considered an invasive plant in Texas.