1.
Sarcocornia perennis
(Miller) A. J. Scott, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75: 367. 1978.
Salicornia perennis
Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Salicornia no. 2. 1768
Woody stems
prostrate to procumbent, creeping and usually rooting, often forming mats to 1 m diam.; with numerous, erect stems, simple or sparingly branched, 10-20(-30) cm, larger fleshy segments 10-25 × 2-3 mm.
Terminal spikes:
larger with 7-14 fertile segments, 10-25 mm.
Fertile segments:
larger ones 1.6-3.1 × 2.9-4.4 mm; central flowers 1.3-2.8 × 1.3-2.7 mm; anthers 0.8-1 mm.
Seeds
1.1-1.3 mm, pubescent; hairs strongly curved or hooked, most exceeding 1 mm, slender.
2
n
= 18.
Flowering late summer-early fall. Salt marshes and tidal flats; 0 m; B.C.; Alaska, Oreg., Wash.; s, w Europe; sw Asia; n, s Africa.
Sarcocornia perennis
has also been reported from the coasts of the northeastern United States, but most of these plants appear to be depauperate individuals of
S. pacifica
. However it is possible that some plants from New England are
S. perennis
, and further study is needed to determine the precise distinction between
S. perennis
and
S. pacifica
.
