. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Salicornia europaea and var. herbacea L. Sp. PI. 3. I753. Salicornia herbacea L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 5. 1762. Salicornia rubra A. Nelson, Bull. Torr. Club 26: 122. 1899. S. europaea proslrata Fernald, Rhodora 9: 206. 1907. Annual, 6-2° tall, stem usually erect, much branched, the branches slender, ascending, spreading or nearly upright, their joints 2-4 times as long as thick. Sc
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Salicornia europaea and var. herbacea L. Sp. PI. 3. I753. Salicornia herbacea L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 5. 1762. Salicornia rubra A. Nelson, Bull. Torr. Club 26: 122. 1899. S. europaea proslrata Fernald, Rhodora 9: 206. 1907. Annual, 6-2° tall, stem usually erect, much branched, the branches slender, ascending, spreading or nearly upright, their joints 2-4 times as long as thick. Scales acute or rather obtuse, i" long or less, broadly ovate or wider than long; fruiting spikes l'-3' long, about l*" in diameter; middle flower of the 3 at each joint twice as high as the lateral ones, reaching nearly or quite to the top of the joint; utricle pubescent. In salt marshes, Anticosti to Georgia; about salt springs in central New York; in saline soil from Mani- toba to British Columbia, south to Kansas and Utah. Also in Europe and Asia. The plant often turns bright red in autumn, forming vividly colored areas, hence called Marsh-samphire. Frog-, crab- or sea-grass. Pickle-plant. Saltwort. English sea-grass. Chickens'- toes. July-Sept.
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