Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Suaeda linearis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
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Read more about Southern Sea-blite at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Suaeda linearis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4 (2003)
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-06-001:
Suaeda linearis FAMILY Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dondia linearis
COMMON NAME:
Southern Sea-blite
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_doli_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Suaeda linearis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Suaeda linearis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 4
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Suaeda linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-06-001:
Suaeda linearis
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dondia linearis
4723
Subshrub; Forb
Annual
Habitat: Island-end flats, marsh edges, brackish flats, shell deposits, rarely adventive inland in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Green, red,
pink, or yellow
5 persistent sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p463
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p027
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