{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox | image = Teloxys aristata inat1.jpg | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Moq. (1834) | taxon = Teloxys aristata | authority = (L.) Moq. (1834) |synonyms = *''Atriplex aristata'' {{small|(L.) Crantz (1766)}} *''Chenopodium acuminatum'' var. ''minimum'' {{small|(W.Wang & P.Y.Fu) Z.S.Qin (1995)}} *''Chenopodium aristatum'' {{small|L. (1753)}} (basionym) *''Chenopodium aristatum'' var. ''inerme'' {{small|W.Z.Di (1986 publ. 1987)}} *''Chenopodium minimum'' {{small|W.Wang & P.Y.Fu (1959)}} *''Chenopodium secundiflorum'' {{small|Viv. (1824)}} *''Chenopodium sinense'' {{small|Willemet (1778)}} *''Chenopodium sinense'' {{small|Moq. (1849), nom. illeg.}} *''Chenopodium virgatum'' var. ''minimum'' {{small|(W.Wang & P.Y.Fu) Kitag. (1979)}} *''Chenopodium virginicum'' {{small|L. (1753)}} *''Dysphania aristata'' {{small|(L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (2002)}} *''Dysphania aristata'' var. ''inermis'' {{small|(W.Z.Di) Y.Z.Zhao (2012)}} *''Lecanocarpus aristata'' {{small|(L.) Zucc. (1829)}} *''Salsola canescens'' {{small|Pers. (1805), nom. superfl.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Teloxys aristata'' (L.) Moq. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1113636-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=5 April 2024|language=en}}</ref> }}
'''''Teloxys aristata''''' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus '''''Teloxys'''''.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Teloxys'' Moq. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326908-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=12 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It is an annual native to temperate Eurasia, ranging from European Russia to China and Korea.<ref name=powo/>
==Uses== Teloxys aristata is used to model trees for model railways, architectural and other scenic models. It is generally referred to as 'seafoam' by modellers.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Modelling sea foam trees'' |url=https://www.wwscenics.com/adding-foliage-to-seafoam-trees/|website=WWScenics|date=8 June 2021 |access-date=20 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Chenopodioideae Category:Monotypic Amaranthaceae genera Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus