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Suaeda calceoliformis
Also called American Sea Blite, American Seepweed, Pursh's Seepweed, Broom Seepweed, Horned Sea Blite, Pahuteweed, Paiuteweed
Pursh seepweed is a native North American annual herb that grows in salty, alkaline wet soils such as playas, salt flats, marshes and salted roadsides. It is a halophyte, so it thrives in saline conditions that most plants cannot tolerate.
Suaeda calceoliformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by several common names, including the Pursh seepweed and horned seablite.
The plant is native to North America, where it can be found across most of the continent except for parts of the Southeastern United States. It is a halophyte, growing in areas of high soil salinity and alkalinity, such as playas, salt flats, beaches, marshes, and other wetlands, and the edges of roads that are salted in the winter.
Seablite · Suaeda aralocaspica · Austral Seablite · California seablite · Seablite · Herbaceous seepweed · South-Indian seepweed · Bush Seepweed · Suaeda pulvinata · Suaeda salina · Woolly seablite · Alkali seepweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Suaeda calceoliformis 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.
