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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salicornia ambigua
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
Go to FSUS key
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sarcocornia ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Salicornia ambigua
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN, MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4 (2003)
Sarcocornia pacifica
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN, MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sarcocornia perennis
(?) (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-003:
Salicornia virginica FAMILY Chenopodiaceae
(?) MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salicornia perennis
COMMON NAME:
Perennial Glasswort, Woody Glasswort, Pickleweed
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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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sarcocornia ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Salicornia ambigua
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN, MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4
Sarcocornia pacifica
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN, MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sarcocornia perennis
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-05-003:
Salicornia virginica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
(?) MISAPPLIED TO EAST COAST MATERIAL
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salicornia perennis
3115
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes, primarily in salt pannes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like, small, connate
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Green?
3 persistent sepals (usually)
Petals absent
1-2 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p360?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p511
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p093?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p027
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p320
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