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|accepted_name=Halogeton
|accepted_authority=C. A. Meyer in C. F. von Ledebour
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. F. von Ledebour, Icon. Pl.
|place=1: 10, plate 40. 1829
|year=1829
}}
|common_names=(Greek halos;salt;and geiton;neighbor;in reference to the habitat of the species)
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Halogeton
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Halogeton]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 260, 351
|treatment_page=page 403
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form;herbage pubescence;herbage pubescence;hair length or size;hair coloration"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, polygamous, herbage glaucous, glabrous except for axillary tufts of long white hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>erect or spreading, much-branched, not jointed, not armed, somewhat fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf texture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, sessile, ± succulent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;base size;base architecture or fixation;apex shape;bristle duration;bristle fragility">blade terete, narrowly oblong, base expanded, clasping, apex obtuse with caducous, flexible bristle.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary glomerules;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract architecture or shape">bracts leaflike.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual and unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="perianth duration;perianth shape;perianth arrangement;perianth architecture;perianth texture;blade shape">perianth persistent, deeply 5-parted, not imbricate, apically winged, some with flabellate blade, often indurate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 5 or fewer;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stigma quantity">stigmas 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="fruits utricle shape"><b>Fruits </b>utricles, orbiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pericarp fusion">pericarp somewhat adherent to seed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>vertical, orbiculate, flattened;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat coloration">seed-coat brown or brownish black;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="">perisperm absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="perisperm presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mediterranean region to c Asia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=blackwell1979a
|text=Blackwell, W. H., J. D. Haacke, and C. O. Hopkins. 1979. Halogeton (Chenopodiaceae) in North America. Sida 8: 157–169.
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name=Halogeton
|author=Noel H. Holmgren
|authority=C. A. Meyer in C. F. von Ledebour
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Mediterranean region to c Asia
|introduced=true
|reference=blackwell1979a
|publication title=in C. F. von Ledebour, Icon. Pl.
|publication year=1829
|special status=
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|genus=Halogeton
|apex shape=obtuse
|base architecture or fixation=clasping
|base size=expanded
|blade shape=flabellate;oblong;terete
|bract architecture or shape=leaflike
|bristle duration=caducous
|bristle fragility=pliable
|flower reproduction=unisexual;bisexual
|fruits utricle shape=orbiculate
|hair coloration=white
|hair length or size=long
|herbage pubescence=glabrous;glaucous
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf texture=succulent
|perianth architecture=winged
|perianth arrangement=not imbricate
|perianth duration=persistent
|perianth shape=5-parted
|perianth texture=indurate
|pericarp fusion=adherent
|perisperm presence=absent
|seed orientation=vertical
|seed shape=flattened;orbiculate
|seed-coat coloration=brownish black;brown
|stamen quantity=5
|stem architecture=not armed;not jointed;much-branched
|stem orientation=spreading;erect
|stem texture=fleshy
|stigma quantity=2
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism reproduction=polygamous
|x chromosome quantity=9
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