Salicornia maritima
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| Salicornia maritima | |
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| Illustration from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions (1913), by Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Salicornia |
| Species: | S. maritima |
| Binomial name | |
| Salicornia maritima S.L.Wolff & Jefferies | |
Salicornia maritima, the sea glasswort or slender glasswort, is a succulent, salt-tolerant plant found along the eastern coast of North America, including Maine and New Brunswick.[1][2][3]
It produces flowers towards late summer or beginning of fall.[4]
This plant is sometimes mistaken for Salicornia depressa.[2][3]
