Irish wildflowers BSBI map

One-flowered Glasswort, Salicornia pusilla
Photographs: Tramore, Co. Waterford

One-flowered Glasswort
Salicornia pusilla
Family: Chenopodiaceae

Flowering August-October. Annual. Native.

Single flowers. Spikes break into segments as seeds ripen. Branches are more or less straight, initially yellowish-green, becoming orangy-purplish. Height to 25cm. Identified by Paul Green.

Coastal, ocurring on the drier, upper parts of salt-marshes. Mainly found on south-east and eastern Irish coasts

Similar: Other Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

One-flowered Glasswort, Salicornia pusilla
One-flowered Glasswort, Salicornia pusilla

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