Suaeda linearis (Elliott) Moquin-Tandon. Common name: Southern Sea-blite. Phenology: Aug-Dec. Habitat: Island-end flats, marsh edges, brackish flats, shell deposits, rarely adventive inland in disturbed areas. Distribution: ME south to FL, west to TX, and south to s. Mexico (Yucatan); West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, F, FNA4, G, GW2, K4, Mex, NE, NY, RAB, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, Hopkins & Blackwell (1977), Judd & Ferguson (1999); = Dondia linearis (Elliott) A.Heller — S, S13; Salsola linearis Elliott. Basionym: Salsola linearis Elliott 1817
Links to other floras: = Suaeda linearis - 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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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect or ascending annual of island-end flats, marsh edges and brackish flats.
Stems: Stems profusely branched, woody at the base, green or red and smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, linear and sharp-pointed, 1/8-2 in. long, succulent, green or red and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in small clusters in the axils of a leafy spike to 5 in. long; green, red, pink or yellow; tiny; lacking petals but with 5 red or green, keeled sepals.
Fruits: Fruit an achene.
Comments:
Height: 6-36 in.
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description: Erect or ascending annual of island-end flats, marsh edges and brackish flats.
stems: Stems profusely branched, woody at the base, green or red and smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, linear and sharp-pointed, 1/8-2 in. long, succulent, green or red and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in small clusters in the axils of a leafy spike to 5 in. long; green, red, pink or yellow; tiny; lacking petals but with 5 red or green, keeled sepals.
fruits: Fruit an achene.
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