Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, North America, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World in both temperate and tropical regions. Note: Some authors separate S. ambigua from the New World and S. perennis from the Old World.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for “salinas” especially along the edges of mangrove areas throughout the Archipelago (from Abaco and Grand Bahama to the Turks and Caicos Islands and Inagua). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 459) for coastal salt marshes and flats nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-8, 6-1).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC’s
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Salicornia ambigua, Salicornia perennis; Salicornia virginica, of Correll & Correll (1982), not L.
