Salicornia virginica L.

Arthrocnème à gros épis (fr), Salicorne à gros épis (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Salicornia

Characteristics

Rhizomatous perennial; main stems hard or woody, prostrate, rooting, forming mats and emitting erect or ascending flowering stems 1–3 dm; spikes 1–4 cm × 2.5–3 mm, the joints 2.5–3 mm; central fl cuneate-obovate, truncate across the top, scarcely surpassing the obliquely ovate lateral ones; seeds 0.7–1 mm. Salt marshes; Mass. to Tex.; Alas. to Calif., W.I., Europe, and n. Afr. (S. ambigua; Sarcocornia perennis)
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A fleshy herb. It is succulent and keeps growing from year to year. It can be 30 cm tall. The flowers are small and greenish and in clusters at the top of the plant. These turn red as they ripen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in marshes and along beaches. It can tolerate salt water.
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Salty marshes and beaches.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The fleshy stems are used for food. They are cooked or pickled.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Analgesic (unspecified), Antirheumatic (External) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Salicornia virginica leaf picture by mariana tomas-savage (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Salicornia virginica world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166613-1
WFO ID wfo-0001294624
COL ID 79B5P
BDTFX ID 76198
INPN ID 160169
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Salicornia virginica