Summary ²

Seidlitzia rosmarinus is a perennial-green desert species of saltwort that is endemic to the lower Jordan Valley along the Dead Sea, in Israel and in Jordan, as also in the Syrian desert, central Iraq (near Najaf) and in the coastal regions of Saudi-Arabia, the Bahrain Islands, Qatar and Iran, commonly known in Arabic by the names ušnān (Arabic: أشنان‎) and šenān. It is often used by Bedouins for cleaning as a soap substitute. In medieval Arabic...

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Ron Frumkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ron Frumkin
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seidlitzia_rosmarinus

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

iNat Map