Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Salicornia ambigua
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
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
Flora of North America
Sarcocornia pacifica
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-003:
Salicornia virginica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Salicornia perennis
COMMON NAME:
Perennial Glasswort, Woody Glasswort, Pickleweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Salicornia ambigua
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN, APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarcocornia perennis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
Flora of North America
Sarcocornia pacifica
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-003:
Salicornia virginica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Salicornia perennis
3115
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in coastal salt marshes, primarily in salt pannes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like, small, connate
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Petals absent
1-2 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p360?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p093?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p320