Citation: A.J. Scott, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75:369 (1978).

Synonymy: Salicornia pachystachya J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 45:8 (1921), nom. illegit., non Ung.-Sternb. (1866); S. blackiana Ulbr., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. edn 2, 16c:552 (1934).

Common name: Thick-head glasswort.

Description:
Erect or decumbent perennial to 0.8 m high, frequently rooting at the nodes; articles narrow-obovoid to cylindrical, to 10 mm long; sclereids numerous, spirally thickened.

Spikes cylindrical, 2-5 cm long, c. 8 mm diam. in fruit; cymules 5-13-flowered, frequently with the central flowers in 2 tiers; perianth with a small semicircular adaxial lobe; abaxial lobe minute.

Seed circular, with spreading papilliform hairs.

Distribution:  Found in periodically waterlogged saline soils, frequently around estuaries.   W.Aust.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: probably in all months.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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