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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Salicornia virginica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salicornia depressa
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Salicornia depressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Salicornia virginica
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-002:
Salicornia europaea
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Glasswort, Samphire, Pickleweed
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