Salicornia rubra
Appearance
Salicornia rubra | |
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Inflorescences | |
In a saline seep in Montana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Salicornia |
Species: | S. rubra
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Binomial name | |
Salicornia rubra | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Salicornia rubra, the Rocky Mountain glasswort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae.[2] It is native to colder or higher areas of North America; the Yukon, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario in Canada, and the western and north-central United States. It has been introduced to Quebec and Michigan, and has gone extinct in Illinois.[1] A halophyte, it is one of the most salt-tolerant plants of North America.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Salicornia rubra A.Nelson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Salicornia rubra A.Nelson". gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Ajmal Khan, M.; Gul, Bilquees; Weber, Darrell J. (2000). "Germination responses of Salicornia rubra to temperature and salinity". Journal of Arid Environments. 45 (3): 207–214. Bibcode:2000JArEn..45..207A. doi:10.1006/jare.2000.0640.
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Salicornia
- Halophytes
- Flora of Yukon
- Flora of Nunavut
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of Ontario
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of North Dakota
- Flora of South Dakota
- Flora of Nebraska
- Flora of Kansas
- Flora of Minnesota
- Flora of Iowa
- Plants described in 1899
- Amaranthaceae stubs