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Suaeda nigra
Also called Mojave Sea Blite, Moquin's Sea Blite, Torrey Seepweed, Alkali Seepweed, Seepweed, Shrubby Sea Blite, Shrubby Seepweed
Bush seepweed is a hardy, salt- and alkali-tolerant shrub native to western North America, found in desert washes, alkaline flats and seasonally wet ground. It grows best in full sun with well-drained, saline or alkaline soil and needs very little water.
Suaeda nigra, often still known by the former name Suaeda moquinii, is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family, known by the vernacular names bush seepweed or Mojave sea-blite.
Suaeda nigra is native to much of western North America, from central Canada through the Western United States, Great Basin, the Mojave Desert in California, and into northern Mexico.
Seablite · Suaeda aralocaspica · Austral Seablite · Pursh seepweed · California seablite · Seablite · Herbaceous seepweed · South-Indian seepweed · Suaeda pulvinata · Suaeda salina · Woolly seablite · Alkali seepweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Suaeda nigra 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.
