Flora of North America species comparison

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Arthrocnemum subterminale

Parish's glasswort
Habit Plants forming clumps to 1 m in diam.; persistent woody bases up to 2.5 cm in diam.
Stems

procumbent to erect, often much-branched, 10–30 cm, fleshy joints bright green, 3–20 × 2–3 mm.
Inflorescences

of many spikes, 5–35 mm, often with 5–10 sterile segments distally;

fertile segments 2–20, 2–3 × 2–3 mm.
Flowers

1.5–2 × 1.2–1.5 mm;

anthers 0.5–1 mm.
Seeds

dark brown, 1–1.4 mm.

Arthrocnemum subterminale
Phenology Flowering late spring–late summer.
Habitat Salt marshes, depressions in alkali sage scrub
Elevation 0-100(-400) m (0-300(-1300) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 382.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Arthrocnemum
Synonyms Salicornia subterminalis
Name authority (Parish) Standley: J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 4: 399. (1914)
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