Salicornia rubra
Red Glasswort
an annual member of the Salicornia genus in the family Chenopodiaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Salicornia
- Life cycle
- annual
- Height
- 0.2 m
- Fertility
- Wind
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
- Pollinators
- Wind
Uses
Edible uses
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Seed - ground into a powder and then cooked[1]. Young stems - raw or cooked[2].
- Plant part
- Seed
- Plant part
- Stem
Environment
- Range
- N. America - Manitoba to British Columbia and southwards.
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline, very alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - we have no information for this species but suggest sowing the seed in situ as soon as it is ripe if this is possible, otherwise sow in spring.
Cultivation
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Prefers a rich organic soil with ample nitrogen and regular watering[4]. This species is little, if at all, cultivated and its exact requirements are not clearly understood[4]. It is not known if the plant will require periodic inundation by salty water to grow well[4]. We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors in most parts of the country. This species might be no more than a synonym for S. europaea[3], some botanists seeing it as being part of that aggregate species[4].. The plants native habitat will give some idea of its cultivation needs.
References
Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
Schofield. J. J. Discovering Wild Plants - Alaska, W. Canada and the Northwest.
Britton. N. L. Brown. A. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Dover Publications. New York. 1970-00-00 ISBN 0-486-22642-5
Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Vegetables Macmillan Reference Books, London. 1995-00-00 ISBN 0 333 62640 0
Fernald. M. L. Gray's Manual of Botany. American Book Co. 1950-00-00