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Batis maritima
Also called Saltwort, Beachwort, Batis, Camphire, Jamaican Samphire, Pickleweed, Turtle Weed
Turtleweed (Batis maritima) is a salt-tolerant, succulent, perennial shrub that forms dense colonies in salt marshes, mangroves and coastal flats. It is grown mainly as a coastal or salt-tolerant landscape plant rather than a typical houseplant, and it needs saline or brackish conditions to thrive.
Batis maritima, the saltwort or beachwort (also known as turtleweed, pickleweed, barilla, planta de sal, camphire, herbe-à-crâbes, and akulikuli-kai), is a halophyte. It is a C3-plant, long-lived perennial, dioecious, succulent shrub. The plant forms dense colonies in salt marshes, brackish marshes, and mangrove swamps and frequently is found on the margins of saltpans and wind-tidal flats. Batis maritima is a pioneer plant, covers quickly areas where hurricanes have destroyed the natural vegetation.
As of 2003, Batis maritima has not been used commercially for food production but the seeds have a high oil content with high nutritional value.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Batis maritima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
