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Taxon:  Bassia prostrata (L.) A. J. Scott



Summary
Genus:
Bassia
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Salsoloideae
Tribe:
Camphorosmeae
Nomen number:
409953
Place of publication:
Feddes Repert. 89:108. 1978
Verified:
02/12/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Salsola prostrata L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad.

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Reference(s)
  1. Englert, J. M. et al. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm.
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  6. Kadereit, G. & H. Freitag. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. Taxon 60:73.
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
  9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  10. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch. 1998
Common names
English
forage kochia –
prostrate summer-cypress –
German
Halbstrauch-Radmelde –
Transcribed Chinese
mu di fu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Monggol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMacedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • CHINA: China [Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Xizang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Cultivated
Northern America
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Nevada]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Utah]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Waldron, B. L. et al. 2010. Forage kochia (Kochia prostrata) for fall and winter grazing. Small Ruminant Res. 91:47-55.
Environmentalrevegetator Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm.
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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409953. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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