Infructescence; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Seeds; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Stem section; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Twig; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 901 Date of entry: 16.08.2008 Last update: 12.01.2020
English: Slender Grasswort
Kingdom: Plantae (2605)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2502)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2117)
Order: Caryophyllales (105)
Family: Chenopodiaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Salicornia (1)
Epithet: maritima Wolff & Jefferies (10)
maritima => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: herb, shrub
Flower colour: green, yellow
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