Common name
English: Slender Grasswort
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Caryophyllales (112)
Family: Amaranthaceae (17)(family description)
Genus: Salicornia (2)
Epithet: europaea L. (3)
Subspecies: brachystachya (G.Mey.) Dahmen & Wissk.
Synonyms: Salicornia appressa Dumort., Salicornia brachystachya (G.Mey.) D.König, Salicornia europaea (G.Mey.) Jacobsen, Salicornia herbacea Dumort.
brachystachya => short spikes
europaea => from Europe
herbacea => herbaceous, not woody
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: herb, shrub
Flower colour: green, yellow