Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salicornia ambigua
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
In many older references this plant went by the name S. virginica. Confusingly, another species -- the former S. europaea -- is now named as S. virginica! Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN, APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarcocornia perennis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-003:
Salicornia virginica FAMILY Chenopodiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Perennial Glasswort, Woody Glasswort, Pickleweed
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salicornia ambigua
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN, APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarcocornia perennis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-003:
Salicornia virginica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
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