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Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, \u00b1 upright, up to 4 m in height (usually 0.8-2 m), very ramose from the base. Trunk and main branches with white bark, fissured longitudinally on older specimens. Glabrescent plant in all its parts. Branches, branchlets and leaves opposite. Branchlets greenish-white, younger branchlets sometimes reddish. Its main feature \u2014which gives it its name\u2014 are opposite leaves (1-3 cm long), sessile, linear, trigonous, acute, slightly recurved backwards, fleshy, dark green in colour, or \u00b1 ashy due to the waxy powder that covers them. Flowers all hermaphrodite, solitary in the leaf axil, in spiciform inflorescences arranged in panicles. Perianth with 5 membranous parts and 5 stamens. Fruit perianth with large and showy wings, first whitish-green and later turning from pink to red (20-30 mm in diameter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11988","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSalsola oppositifolia Desf. - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salsola oppositifolia Desf. - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, \u00b1 upright, up to 4 m in height (usually 0.8-2 m), very ramose from the base. Trunk and main branches with white bark, fissured longitudinally on older specimens. Glabrescent plant in all its parts. Branches, branchlets and leaves opposite. Branchlets greenish-white, younger branchlets sometimes reddish. 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