Salicornia
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Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophytic (salt tolerant) flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, central Asia, and southern Africa. Common names for the genus include glasswort, pickleweed, picklegrass, and marsh samphire; these common names are also used for some species not in Salicornia. To French speakers in Atlantic Canada, they are known colloquially as ('mouse tits'). The main European species is often eaten, called marsh samphire in Britain, and the main North
Species
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Genus
- PhylumBryozoa
- ClassGymnolaemata
- OrderCheilostomatida
- FamilyCellariidae
General: Salicornia (possibly from Celtic sal, near to and Lat
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 793
- With media
- 554
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Collections
- UNLV, UJAT, CICY, INECOL, ASU, NCSC
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Romania
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- Image
- Salicornia virginica.jpg
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- Salicornia europaea
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- Salicornia
- taxon common name
- osočnik
- Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL
- naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Salicornia
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15 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Uses
- Culinary
- Pharmacological research
- Environmental uses
- Industrial use
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Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophytic (salt tolerant) flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, central Asia, and southern Africa. Common names for the genus include glasswort, pickleweed, picklegrass, and marsh samphire; these common names are also used for some species not in Salicornia. To French speakers in Atlantic Canada, they are known colloquially as ('mouse tits'). The main European species is often eaten, called marsh samphire in Britain, and the main North American species is occasionally sold in grocery stores or appears on restaurant menus as sea beans, samphire greens, or sea asparagus.
== Description == thumb|Illustration of Salicornia maritima
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salicornia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.