Salsola aphylla, more fruits than flowers

The flowers of Salsola aphylla bring a yellow to dull greenish colour to upper parts of the plant in its blooming season, which is summer. The flowers grow solitary, the five-segmented perianths hairy at least initially, the pale brown wings lobed.

They are bisexual, small and seldom noticed as flowers. The male floral parts ripen before the female ones (protandrous). There are five stamens and a superior, globose ovary in each minute structure.

The yellow-green, round-lobed fruits are, however, more noticed, enclosed by sacs and five dry papery wings that serve in wind dispersal. This fruit equipment allows them to masquerade as flowers, conveying a misleading impression (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Le Roux, et al, 2005; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; iNaturalist; Wikipedia).