saltweed

The soil, however, was generally poor; there was in some places a miserable growth of wormwood, and a plant called saltweed, resembling pennyroyal; but the summer had parched the plains, and left but little pasturage.

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836

The soil, however, was generally poor; there was in some places a miserable growth of wormwood, and a plant called saltweed, resembling pennyroyal; but the summer had parched the plains, and left but little pasturage.

Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821

Only occasionally were there intervales of grass, and the miserable herbage was saltweed, resembling pennyroyal.

The Great Salt Lake Trail Henry Inman 1868