Salicornia maritima, the sea glasswort, is a succulent, salt-tolerant plant found along the eastern coast of North America, including Maine and New Brunswick.[1][2][3]
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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 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Salicornia |
| Species: | S. maritima
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| Salicornia maritima S.L.Wolff & Jefferies
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It produces flowers towards late summer or beginning of fall.[4]
This plant is sometimes mistaken for Salicornia depressa.[2][3]
Description
editSalicornia 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
edit- ^ "Salicornia maritima S.L.Wolff & Jefferies". Plants of the World Onlone.
- ^ a b "Salicornia maritima (sea glasswort): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ a b c d Schorn, Christian (31 December 2023). "Targeted surveys for Salicornia maritima in downeast Maine" (PDF). Les Mehrhoff Botanical Research Award Report.
- ^ "Salicornia maritima in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
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