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Salicornia maritima

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Salicornia maritima
Illustration from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions (1913), by Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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, is a succulent, salt-tolerant plant found in New Brunswick, Quebec, and in Newfoundland and Labrador.[1][2]

It produces flowers towards late summer or beginning of fall.[3]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Salicornia maritima S.L.Wolff & Jefferies". Plants of the World Onlone.
  2. ^ a b "Salicornia maritima (sea glasswort): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. ^ "Salicornia maritima in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-08.