Beaded Glasswort / Samphire
Salicornia quinqueflora
COMMON NAME : Beaded Glasswort / Samphire
BOTANICAL NAME : Salicornia quinqueflora
FAMILY : Chenopodiaceae
PLANT GROUP : Shrubs
SIZE : Prostrate
EVC : Coastal Saltmarsh
LOCAL NOTES:
Low growing prostrate leafless shrub to 30 cm.
It is succulent and bright green or red in colour with slender longer cylindrical segments.
It can have between 10-18 flowers in a row March to June.
Beaded glasswort can be seen along the edges of Shallow Inlet, in the saltmarsh area and on walking tracks (Designated track and Roy Henderson Trail) where sea water inundates areas frequently.
Contributor : HB
LEARN MORE:
Species profile for this plant at VicFlora
Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
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