Photographs: Co. Wexford

Perennial Glasswort Sarcocornia perennis Lus gloine buan Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering August - September. Perennial. Native. Very small flowers in groups of three in leaf-axils with the central flower the most prominent. Stems woody at base with ascending green to orange-yellow shoots. Forms large tussocks with both flowering and non-flowering shoots present. Height to 30cm. Very rare in Ireland, only found in Co. Wexford on tidal mud in coastal salt-marshes Similar: Glassworts, Salicornia agg.

Perennial Glasswort, Sarcocornia perennis, Lus gloine buan