CHENOPODIACE^ 



CHENOPODIACEJE GOOSEFOOT FAMILY 



Salicornia europcea, L. 



July-September Samphire, 



Salt-marsh Samphire. 



Salicornia: from Latin for salt and a horn. 

 Europcea: Latin for European. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: salt marshes. 



THE PLANT: erect, six inches to one foot high, simple or 

 branched; the branches slender, ascending; both stem 

 and branches fleshy and jointed, turning bright red in 

 the autumn. 



THE LEAVES: tiny scales at the joints. 



THE FLOWERS: sunken, three to seven together in narrow, 

 terminal spikes in the axils of the upper scales. 



THE FRUIT: very small, bladder-shaped. 



The chief glory of the salt marshes in the fall is the red 

 Samphire. For stretches on stretches, these stiff, much- 

 jointed, low spikes arise, flaming red. 



CHENOPODIACEJE GOOSEFOOT FAMILY 



Salsola Kali, L. 



July-September Common Saltwort, Prickly-glasswort, 



Kelpwort, Salt-grape, 



Sea-grape, Tumbling Thistle, 



Sea-thrift. 



Salsola: derivative of a Latin word for salty, in allusion to 



the saline marshes, the habitat of most of the species. 

 Kali: an Arabic name. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: beach sand. 



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