Batis maritima L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Bataceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A glabrous shrub 1 m. high or less, the rather stout stems spreading, prostrate or ascending, the branches nearly erect, angidar. Leaves acutish, ]-2.5 cm. long; spikes ovoid or oblong, 5-10 mm. long, the staminate sessile, the pistillate short-peduneled; bracts nearly orbicular or reniform, longer than the calyx; stamens
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Distribution
Mangrove mud and saline marshes, Great Bahama, North Bimini, Andros, Watling's. Grand Turk, Inagua and Anguilla Isles: Georgia to Florida: southern California; West Indies; continental tropical America. Saltwort. Turtle-weed.
Bimini Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| Georgia United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| California United States of America North America| West Indies|