PLANTS Profile for Salicornia maritima (slender grasswort)

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Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies
slender grasswort

Symbol:

SAMA11

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies

Salicornia europaea

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 21. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies

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Synonyms:
Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies

	SAEU	Salicornia europaea auct. non L.
	SAEUP	Salicornia europaea L. var. prostrata auct. non (Pall.) Fernald
	SAHE6	Salicornia herbacea auct. non (L.) L.
	SAPR11	Salicornia prostrata auct. non Pall.
	SARA6	Salicornia ramosissima auct. non J. Woods

Distribution:
Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies


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USA (ME), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 4 species in Salicornia

Classification:
Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Salicornia L. – pickleweed
Species	Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies – slender grasswort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
Samphire		Possibly Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Salicornia maritima Wolff & Jefferies

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504951.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 03:39 PM MDT