If the proposal will be accepted, all species of genus Kali would belong to Salsola again.

They have encroached into parts of North America, where they are listed as noxious weeds by the United States Department of Agriculture.

The salt-tolerant genus was first reported in the United States around 1877 in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, apparently transported as a stowaway in flax seed exported by Ukrainian farmers.

South Dakota proved too harsh and dry for growing flax, however, and by 1900 Kali had colonized as far west as the Pacific Coast.

It was also actively introduced by the USDA as experimental food for cattle that could be grown in hard times during droughts.