Suaeda calceoliformis (Hooker) Moquin-Tandon. Common name: Horned Sea-blite, Plains Sea-blite. Phenology: Aug-frost. Habitat: Brackish flats, also along salted highways. Distribution: NS and AK, south to NJ, OK, TX, CA, and Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA4, Il, K4, Mi, NY, Ok; = n/a — Pa; > Suaeda americana (Pers.) Fernald — C, F, G; > Suaeda calceoliformis (Hook.) Moq. — C; > Suaeda depressa (Pursh) S.Watson — F, G, GrPl, misapplied; > Suaeda depressa (Pursh) S.Watson var. erecta S.Watson — Tx. Basionym: Chenopodium calceoliforme Hook. 1838
Links to other floras: = Suaeda calceoliformis - Clemants (2003b) In FNA4
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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