''Halogeton sativus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

. It is native to

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Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

and

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. Rich in salt, in the past it was cultivated to produce

soda ash Sodium carbonate, , (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2CO3 and its various hydrates. All forms are white, odourless, water-soluble salts that yield moderately alkaline solutions ...

for glass-makers.Pérez, Joaquín Fernández (1998)
"From the barrilla to the Solvay factory in Torrelavega: The Manufacture of Saltwort in Spain,"
''Antilia: The Spanish Journal of History of Natural Sciences and Technology,'' Vol. IV, Art. 1. . Archived at WebCite fro

on 2008-03-01.

References

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