A PROMISING PLANT NITRARIA SIBIRICA PALL., IN THE FLORA OF KARAKALPAKSTAN

Abstract

Nitraria (lat. Nitraria) is a genus of halophytic plants of the Nitrariaceae family, in some sources it belongs to the Zygophyllaceae family, the genus includes 7-10 species of low shrubs common in the steppe and desert regions of Asia Minor, Central and Central Asia, South -Eastern Europe, North Africa and Southeast Australia. Saltpeter species grow on saline soils of coastal deserts and on  the shores of salt lakes.