Family: Amaranthaceae
Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Citation:
A.J. Scott, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75:368 (1978).
Synonymy: Salicornia quinqueflora Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb., Vers. Syst. Salic. 59 (1866); S. australis Sol. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 5:205 (1870).
Common name: Beaded glasswort.
Description:
Erect and caespitose or decumbent perennial, rooting at nodes, to 0.5 m high; branches slender; articles cylindrical to narrow-obovoid, 5-15 mm long; sclereids uniformly (or rarely spirally) thickened.
Spikes 2-5 cm long, 4-5 mm diam. in fruit; cymules 5-9-flowered in a single row; perianth with a small semicircular adaxial lobe; abaxial lobe minute.
Seed circular, with acute (sometimes uncinate) hairs.
| Sarcocornia quinqueflora twigs, portion of spike, stamens and pistil, fruit and seed.
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Image source: fig. 166b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 187.
Distribution:
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Found in moderately saline flooded situations particularly in estuaries.
W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: all months.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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