Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Amaranthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Prostrate to erect, 1–5 dm, more robust than no. 2 [Suaeda richii Fernald]; lvs green or more often glaucous, acute, plano-convex, to 3(5) cm on the primary axis; spikes to 10 cm, the lower bracts like the lvs, the upper gradually reduced to 5 mm; cal at maturity 3 mm wide; sep equal or nearly so, rounded at the tip, rounded on the back or obscurely keeled; seeds 1.5–2 mm wide; 2n=36. Coastal salt-marshes; intr. from Que. to Va., Fla. and La.; widespread in Eurasia. (Dondia m.)
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Common Names
white sea-blite