''Eutrema salsugineum'' (syn. ''Thellungiella salsuginea''), the saltwater cress or salt-lick mustard, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, while some are shrubs. The le ...

. A petite annual or biennial, it is native to Central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia, northern and eastern China, northwestern and western Canada, Montana and Colorado in the United States, and

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

in Mexico. An extremophile

halophyte A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. T ...

, it is a close relative of the model organism ''

Arabidopsis thaliana ''Arabidopsis thaliana'', the thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, is a small flowering plant native to Eurasia and Africa. ''A. thaliana'' is considered a weed; it is found along the shoulders of roads and in disturbed land. A winter a ...

'' and has been adopted to study salt, drought, and cold stress resistance in plants, including having its genome sequenced.

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salsugineum Halophytes Flora of East European Russia Flora of Siberia Flora of Central Asia Flora of Mongolia Flora of Xinjiang Flora of Inner Mongolia Flora of Manchuria Flora of North-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of the Northwest Territories Flora of Yukon Flora of Western Canada Flora of Montana Flora of Colorado Flora of Nuevo León Plants described in 2005 {{Brassicales-stub