Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Common Glasswort, Salicornia europaea
Photographs: Tramore, Co. Waterford

Common Glasswort
Salicornia europaea s.s.
Family: Chenopodiaceae

Flowering August-October. Annual. Native.

The tiny flowers are in groups of three on much-branched, usually erect plants that become yellowish-green flushed orangy-red at flowering time. Height to 35cm. Identified by Paul Green

Found on all levels of salt-marshes round Irish coasts.

Similar: Other Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

Common Glasswort, Salicornia europaea
Common Glasswort, Salicornia europaea s.s

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