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Sarcocornia
Also called Glassworts, Pickleweed, Saltwort, Samphire, Salicorne, Pickleweeds, Marsh Samphire
Sarcocornia is a former genus of fleshy, segmented salt-tolerant herbs and subshrubs (now largely merged into Salicornia), including glassworts, pickleweed and samphires. Grow them in full sun in saline or brackish, well-drained soil that stays moist.
Sarcocornia is a formerly recognized genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Species are known commonly as samphires, glassworts, or saltworts. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that when separated from Salicornia, the genus is paraphyletic, since Salicornia is embedded within it, and Sarcocornia has now been merged into a more broadly circumscribed Salicornia. When separated from Salicornia, the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and is most diverse in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa.
Dwarf saltwort · Glasswort · Beaded Glasswort · Red swampfire · Virginia Glasswort · Glasswort · Salicornia blackiana · Salicornia fruticosa · Salicornia pacifica
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