Family: Chenopodiaceae
Perennial Glasswort Sarcocornia perennis Flowering time: August-September. Perennial. Native Grows on firm tidal mud in coastal salt-marshes and on shingle banks Very small flowers in groups of three in leaf-axils, central flower the most prominent. Forms large tussocks, the stems woody at base with ascending green to orange-yellow flowering and non-flowering shoots. Similar: Glassworts, Salicornia agg. |
Perennial Glasswort, Sarcocornia perennis
Poole Harbour, Dorset. May 2013