Skip to content

Salicornia rubra

Plants

Family: Amaranthaceae · Genus: Salicornia

Salicornia rubra

Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · cc_by_sa

About

Salicornia rubra, commonly known as the red glasswort or Rocky Mountain glasswort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is native to colder or higher areas of North America; the Yukon, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario in Canada, and the western and north-central United States. It has been introduced to Quebec and Michigan, and has gone extinct in Illinois. A halophyte, it is one of the most salt-tolerant plants of North America.

Summary from Wikipedia

View full profile

Growing details and traits for Salicornia rubra in the Library.

No cultivars in the Library yet — the full profile above covers the species itself.