NameThatPlant.net: Batis maritima

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Batis maritima FAMILY Bataceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Batis maritima FAMILY Bataceae

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

Batis maritima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Batis maritima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 065-01-001:

Batis maritima FAMILY Bataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Batis maritima

COMMON NAME:
Saltwort, Beachwort, Batis, Turtleweed

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image of Batis maritima, Saltwort, Beachwort, Batis, Turtleweed

Patrick D. McMillan pdmbmaritima_hutch1

June Colleton County SC

Among the few species that can tolerate the high salinity of salt flats, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Batis maritima FAMILY Bataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Batis maritima FAMILY Bataceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Batis maritima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 065-01-001:
Batis maritima FAMILY Bataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Batis maritima

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Subshrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Brackish marshes, "Batis flats", other salt flats, mangroves, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia, South Carolina, & possibly North Carolina

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Fall

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