Suaeda maritima

Suaeda maritima is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common names herbaceous seepweed[2] and annual seablite. It is a yellow-green shrub with fleshy, succulent leaves and green flowers. It grows to about 35 cm in salt marshes.[3] It is edible as a leaf vegetable, and due to its high salt content it can be used in combination with other foods as a seasoning.

Suaeda maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Suaeda
Species:	S. maritima
Binomial name
Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort.
Synonyms[1]
List Atriplex maritima (L.) Crantz Chenopodina aestuaria Dumort. Chenopodina bacciformis Dumort. Chenopodina filiformis Moq. Chenopodina maritima (L.) Moq. Chenopodina maritima var. erecta Moq. Chenopodina sativa Moq. Chenopodina spicata Moq. Chenopodina tortuosa Moq. Chenopodium filiforme Dumort. Chenopodium hostii Ledeb. Chenopodium jacquinii Ten. Chenopodium macrocarpum Desv. Chenopodium maritimum L. Chenopodium spicatum Schult. Cochliospermum cavanillesii Lag. Dondia fernaldii Standl. Dondia maritima (L.) Druce Dondia richii (Fernald) A.Heller Kochia sedoides (L.) Schrad. Lerchia maritima (L.) Kuntze Salsola carnosa Moq. Salsola chenopodiana Moq. Salsola hostii Tratt. Salsola indica Willd. Salsola marina Moq. Salsola maritima (L.) M.Bieb. Salsola scabra Moq. Salsola sedoides L. Salsola strobilifera Moq. Salsola succulenta Moq. Schoberia crassifolia Steud. Schoberia indica (Willd.) Kostel. Schoberia macrocarpa C.A.Mey. Schoberia maritima (L.) C.A.Mey. Suaeda aestuaria Dumort. Suaeda albescens Lázaro Ibiza Suaeda bacciformis Dumort. Suaeda cavanillesiana (Lázaro Ibiza) Cout. Suaeda fernaldii (Standl.) Standl. Suaeda filiformis Dumort. Suaeda indica (Willd.) Moq. Suaeda jacquinii Dumort. Suaeda littoralis Grecescu Suaeda macrocarpa Moq. Suaeda maritima var. aestuaria (Dumort.) P.D.Sell Suaeda maritima var. bacciformis (Dumort.) P.D.Sell Suaeda maritima var. erecta (Moq.) P.D.Sell Suaeda maritima var. purpurascens P.D.Sell Suaeda richii Fernald Suaeda tortuosa Moq.

References

1. "Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
2. "Suaeda maritima". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
3. "Annual seablite Suaeda maritima". wildflowerfinder.org.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2012.