Glaux maritima, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 28

1. G. maritima L. , Sp. Pl. 207 (1753) .

Fleshy herb. Stems 5-30 cm, erect or procumbent, rooting at nodes. Leaves on rhizomes broadly triangular, more or less membranous; leaves on erect shoots 4-15 x 1-5-6 mm, decussate, sessile, entire, elliptic-oblong to obovate, obtuse or acute. Flowers 3-6 mm in diameter. Calyx white to purple or pink; lobes obtuse, broadly hyaline. Style 2-5 mm, persistent. Capsule 2-5 mm. Seeds 3-11, trigonous, minutely reticulate. 2« = 30. Maritime habitats and on saline soils inland. Atlantic, Baltic and Arctic coasts o f Europe, and very locally in the W. Mediterranean region; inland in C. & E. Europe and Spain. Au Be?B1 Br Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Hb Ho Hs Hu Is Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su [?It].