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.
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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Horticultural Information
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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