Photo of Salicornia europaea (Glasswort Pickleweed)
Salicornia europaea - Glasswort Pickleweed - Annual or subshrub, glabrous. Stem: generally many-branched, appearing jointed when young; internodes green to glaucous, fleshy when young. Leaf: opposite, sessile, decurrent; leaf pairs fused at base, enclosing stem. Inflorescence: spike, terminal, cylindric, dense; bracts leaf-like; flowers generally 3 per axil, sessile, sunken in fleshy bracts of distal internode, adherent to each other and to bracts, forming a 3-parted cavity at flower-fall.
Flower: calyx fleshy, 3--4-lobed at tip, +- deciduous in fruit; stamens 1--2; stigmas 2--3. Fruit: wall membranous, free from seed. Seed: vertical; seed coat membranous, pale brown, hairy [papillate]. Family : Amaranthaceae
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Salicornia sp (Glasswort Pickleweed)
Salicornia sp (Glasswort Pickleweed)
Salicornia sp (Glasswort Pickleweed)
Salicornia sp (Glasswort Pickleweed)
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