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Shrubby Glasswort

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Shrubby Glasswort photos
Scientific Name:Tecticornia arbuscula (syn. Sclerostegia arbuscula, Salicornia arbusculum, Arthrocnemum arbuscula)
Population of Shrubby Glasswort
Population of Shrubby Glasswort
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to the coastlands of all Australian States and the Northern Territory.

Plant Description:

Green, perennial, intricately branching shrub to 2 m tall. Branchlets consist of short segments called articles. Fresh vegetative articles are bright green, glaucous or reddish and 3-10 mm long.


Flowering articles 2-5 or rarely 6, almost globular on a very short spike < 1 cm long. Flowers in 3’s, the central one bisexual and the laterals male. Seed elliptic with a smooth coat.

Habitat:

Coastal saltmarsh around Western Port Bay, Port Phillip Bay and Corner Inlet and scattered elsewhere along the western Victorian coastline.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
*Western, *GippslandS3, S4W2, W3
* coastal only

Comments:

Similar in general appearance to
Black-seeded Samphire (Tecticornia pergraulata) and Beaded Glasswort (Sarcocornia quinqueflora).

      Shrubby Glasswort photos

      Shrubby Glasswort female flowers showing stigmas
      Shrubby Glasswort female flowers showing stigmas
      Photo: A J Brown
      Branch tip of Shrubby Glasswort
      Branch tip of Shrubby Glasswort
      Photo: A J Brown

      Shrubby Glasswort male flowers showing anthers
      Shrubby Glasswort male flowers showing anthers
      Photo: A J Brown

      Shrubby Glasswort plant
      Shrubby Glasswort plant
      Photo: A J Brown

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