NameThatPlant.net: Salicornia virginica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salicornia virginica FAMILY Chenopodiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

American Glasswort is an annual, short-branched, fleshy-textured plant that typically grows 4-12 inches tall. For many decades this plant went by the name of S. europaea. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

It is unclear whether our eastern North American plants are distinct from European plants of the S. europaea complex. Until further studies are completed, it seems best to recognize our plants as distinct. The oldest name available for the American plants is Salicornia virginica L., which has unfortunately been generally misapplied to the perennial glasswort, here treated as Salicornia ambigua. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salicornia depressa FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Salicornia depressa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4 (2003)

Salicornia depressa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Salicornia virginica

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-002:

Salicornia europaea FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Salicornia europaea

COMMON NAME:
American Glasswort, Samphire, Pickleweed

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salicornia virginica FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salicornia depressa FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salicornia depressa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4
Salicornia depressa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Salicornia virginica

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-002:
Salicornia europaea FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salicornia europaea

1295

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Salt pannes in coastal marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like, small, connate
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Petals absent
1-2 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

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