Salicornia europaea, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 102

1. S. europaea L. , Sp. Pl. 3 (1753)

(S. herbacea (L.) L. ).

Plant 10-40 cm, simple to much-branched; glaucous or grass-green, sometimes becoming yellow-green, usually with red or pinkishred colour appearing diffusely in the fertile segments. Terminal spikes 10-50 mm; lower fertile segments 2-5-4-5 mm, 3-5 mm wide at the narrowest point and 3-5-6 mm wide at the widest; upper edge with an inconspicuous, narrow (c. 0-1 mm) scarious margin. 2« =18. N.W. Europe; possibly this or closely related spp. throughout Europe in suitable habitats. All except Au Az Fa He Is Sb. Very variable. S. stricta Dumort. , Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 7: 334 (1868), S. patula Duval-Jouve , Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 15: 175 (1868), S. obscura P. W. Ball & Tutin, Watsonia 4: 204 (1959), S. brachystachya (G. F. W. Meyer) D. König , Mitt. Fl.-Soziol. Arbeitsgemeinschaft n.s. 8: 11 (1960), pro parte, S. simonkaiana (Soó) Soó , Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 6: 401 (1960) are probably variants of this species.