Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash.

synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda.

Polish: solanka kolczysta

Low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves.

synonym: Batis maritima.