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Salicornia bigelovii

Bigelow's pickleweed, dwarf glasswort, dwarf saltwort
Stems

erect, green sometimes becoming red, simple or with primary and secondary branches, 5–60 cm, ultimate branches short or long;

leaf and bract apices acute, sharply mucronate.
Spikes

cylindric and slightly torulose, 2–10 cm, with 5–25 fertile segments;

bracts almost obscuring cymes.
Fertile

segments 4–5 × 4.5–6.2 mm, wider than long, widest distally, margins ca. 0.5 mm wide, scarious.
Central

flower semicircular distally, 2.2–2.8 × 2–2.8 mm, about as long as wide, usually reaching top of segment, only slightly larger than lateral flowers;

anthers exserted, dehiscing after exsertion.
2n

= 36.

Salicornia bigelovii
Phenology Flowering late summer–early fall, year-round in Fla.
Habitat Middle levels of saltmarshes
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; FL; GA; MA; MD; ME; NC; NJ; NY; SC; TX; VA; n Mexico (Caribbean and Pacific coasts)
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Discussion

Salicornia bigelovii probably also occurs in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, but no specimens have been seen that confirm its presence in these states.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 384.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Salicornia
Sibling taxa
S. depressa, S. maritima, S. rubra
Name authority Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 184. (1859)
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