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Salicornia maritima
Also called Jointed Glasswort, Maritime Glasswort, Samphire, Sea Saltwort, Slender Glasswort
Slender grasswort is a small, succulent, salt-tolerant annual of coastal salt marshes on the eastern shores of North America. It grows best in full sun and in saline, wet soil.
Salicornia maritima, the sea glasswort or slender glasswort, is a succulent, salt-tolerant plant found along the eastern coast of North America, including Maine and New Brunswick.
It produces flowers towards late summer or beginning of fall.
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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.
