Salicornia maritima

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Salicornia maritima
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Illustration from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions (1913), by Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Salicornia
Species:
S. maritima
Binomial name
Salicornia maritima
S.L.Wolff & Jefferies

Salicornia maritima, the sea glasswort or slender glasswort, is a succulent, salt-tolerant plant found along the eastern coast of North America, including Maine and New Brunswick. [1] [2] [3]

It produces flowers towards late summer or beginning of fall. [4]

This plant is sometimes mistaken for Salicornia depressa . [2] [3]

Description

Salicornia maritima has terminal spikes and branches that are swollen and rounded at the tips. [3] Fertile segments grow thicker and become reddish towards the end of the year. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Salicornia maritima S.L.Wolff & Jefferies". Plants of the World Onlone.
  2. 1 2 "Salicornia maritima (sea glasswort): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Schorn, Christian (31 December 2023). "Targeted surveys for Salicornia maritima in downeast Maine" (PDF). Les Mehrhoff Botanical Research Award Report.
  4. ↑ "Salicornia maritima in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-08.


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