Tecticornia pergranulata

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Blackseed Samphire

Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. pergranulata

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:	Salicornioideae
Genus:	Tecticornia
Species:	T. pergranulata

Binomial name

Tecticornia pergranulata
(J.M.Black) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson ^[1]

Subspecies

Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. pergranulata (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
Tecticornia pergranulata subsp. divaricata Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms

Arthrocnemum halocnemoides var. pergranulatum (J.M.Black) Paul G.Wilson
Halosarcia pergranulata (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson

Tecticornia pergranulata (Blackseed Glasswort or Blackseed Samphire) is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia. It grows to 1 metre in height, with an erect habit. It has succulent, swollen branchlets with small leaf lobes.^[2]

The species occurs in inland salt marshes and saline coastal areas throughout mainland Australia^[2]

[edit] References

^ Tecticornia pergranulata. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
^ ^a ^b New South Wales Flora Online: Halosarcia pergranulata by S.W.L. Jacobs, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia