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Chenopodiaceae
Salicornia

not marked as a favorite taxon Salicornia bigelovii Torrey. Common name: Dwarf Glasswort, Dwarf Saltwort. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Salt pannes in coastal marshes. Distribution: ME (NS?) south to FL, west to TX and Mexico; West Indies; also CA.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, F, FNA4, G, GW2, K4, Mex, NE, NY, RAB, S, S13, Tx, Va, WH3, Judd & Ferguson (1999); ? Salicornia mucronata Bigelow — Tat. Basionym: Salicornia bigelovii Torr. 1859 "Urbasionym:" Salicornia mucronata Bigelow 1817

Links to other floras: = Salicornia bigelovii - FNA4

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Salicornia bigelovii© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Salicornia bigelovii© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Salicornia bigelovii© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual of salt pannes in coastal marshes.

Stems: Stems single or much-branched, succulent, narrower than flowering spikes, remaining green in autumn.

Leaves: Leaves absent or minute and opposite, scaly or needle-like with a tiny, sharp tooth at the tip.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in branched, erect, terminal spikes; minute and sunken or immersed in the thick, segmented spikes, whose segments are thicker than they are long.

Fruits: Fruit an achene.

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Height: 2-16 in.

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description: Erect annual of salt pannes in coastal marshes.

stems: Stems single or much-branched, succulent, narrower than flowering spikes, remaining green in autumn.

leaves: Leaves absent or minute and opposite, scaly or needle-like with a tiny, sharp tooth at the tip.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in branched, erect, terminal spikes; minute and sunken or immersed in the thick, segmented spikes, whose segments are thicker than they are long.

fruits: Fruit an achene.

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