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Sarcocornia fruticosa
Also called Shrubby Glasswort, Shrubby Swampfire
Salicornia fruticosa, now often named Sarcocornia fruticosa, is a shrubby halophyte (salt-tolerant plant) found in salt marshes and coastal flats. Grow it in saline, waterlogged or very moist soil in full sun.
Salicornia fruticosa, synonym Sarcocornia fruticosa, known commonly as the shrubby marsh samphire, is a species of glasswort in the family Amaranthaceae (pigweeds). It is native to southern Europe, north Africa, Western Asia and Yemen. It is a halophyte, a plant that can grow in saline conditions.
It is the main saltwort species used in making special pot ash made during Mesopotamian times to the early Islamic era – قَلَيّ qali – which is the basis for the word "alkali".
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