Common name
English: Sea arrowgrass
German: Strand-Dreizack
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Alismatales (9)
Family: Juncaginaceae (1)(family description)
Genus: Triglochin (1)
Epithet: maritima L. (10)
Synonyms: Hexaglochin maritima (L.) Nieuwl., Hexaglochin sexlocularis (Stokes) Nieuwl., Juncago maritima (L.) Bubani, Triglochin ani K.Koch, Triglochin asiatica (Kitag.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Triglochin concinna Burtt Davy, Triglochin debilis (M.E.Jones) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Triglochin elata Nutt., Triglochin monanthos Speg., Triglochin narbonensis Sennen, Triglochin roegneri K.Koch, Triglochin salina Wallr., Triglochin sexlocularis Stokes, Triglochin transcaucasica Bordz
asiatica => of Asiatic origin
concinna => elegant, attractive
debilis => weak, frail, small
elata => exalted, tall, lofty, stately
maritima => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast
monanthos => having a single flower, or flowers borne singly
narbonensis => from Narbonne, France
roegneri => in honor of Hr. Roegner (?-1874), German gardner at the former Imperial Russian court of Oreanda in the Crimea
salina => growing in saline soils
sexlocularis => six-celled
transcaucasica => region located on the border of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia between the Black and Caspian Seas
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green