Species
Glasswort
Salicornia europaea
Varieties
1 entriesSalicornia europaea is an annual Amaranthaceae native to northern and western Europe.
Botanical characteristics
Glasswort and samphire are common names used around the seed trade, but they do not identify every plant sold under a coastal-herb label. Salicornia is botanically separate from the Salsola saltwort references.
Glasswort and saltwort names
Glasswort / Samphire identifies the Salicornia seed reference in the wholesale assortment.
At a glance
Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Salicornia europaea
- Common names
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- almindelig salturt, chicken-claws, chwyn hallt, coléophore de la salicorne, common glasswort, europinė soduotė, europäischer queller, glasswort, glasört, kortarige zeekraal, kurzähren-queller, kveller, llyrlys, llyrlys cyffredin, llyrlys llysieuol, lásurttas, marsh samphire, queller, roodachtige zeekraal, salicorn, yan jiao cao, zeekraal, 퉁퉁마디
- Synonyms
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- Salicornia annua, Salicornia appressa, Salicornia biennis, Salicornia brachystachya, Salicornia brachystachya var. gracilis, Salicornia europaea proles annua, Salicornia europaea subsp. brachystachya, Salicornia europaea subsp. herbacea, Salicornia europaea var. herbacea, Salicornia europaea var. pachystachya, Salicornia gracillima, Salicornia herbacea, Salicornia herbacea proles annua, Salicornia herbacea var. annua, Salicornia herbacea var. biennis, Salicornia herbacea var. brachystachya, Salicornia herbacea var. gracilis, Salicornia herbacea var. pachystachya, Salicornia herbacea var. pusilla, Salicornia herbacea var. radicans, Salicornia herbacea var. ramosissima, Salicornia herbacea var. stricta, Salicornia intermedia, Salicornia megastachya, Salicornia peregrina, Salicornia pusilla, Salicornia radicans, Salicornia ramosissima, Salicornia ramosissima var. gracilis, Salicornia salsola, Salicornia smithiana, Salicornia stricta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Salicornia
- Species
- Salicornia europaea