Family: Chenopodiaceae
Plant: A sprawling, succulent, leafless herb up to 25cm high with jointed stems.
Flowers: Clusters of minute cream to pale yellow flowers in the upper stem joints. The flowers have 2 anthers and 2 styles.
Flowering: November-February.
Fruit: Circular seeds about 1mm diameter contained in the perianth.
Leaves: Opposite, inconspicuous reduced to minute dry lobes in joints of fleshy, succulent stems. The stems are approximately 5mm wide and 25cm long, dull green and sometimes have a reddish tinge.
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes and sea cliffs.
Features: Common in salt marshes. Succulent leafless jointed stems.
Name:
Sarcocornia From Greek = flesh-horn (referring to its branches).
quinqueflora From Latin quinque = five and florus = flower (referring to the clusters of its flowers – although they are usually in clusters of seven not five).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
- |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Absent/Reduced |
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Type |
- |
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Shape |
- |
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Length |
Tiny |
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Margins |
- |
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Attachment |
- |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Beach strand, Saline Water Habitat |
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