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Western Glasswort - Salicornia rubra
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
SNR
C-value:
7
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General Description
Annual with glabrous, fleshy, reddish foliage. Stems erect, branched, 5–15 cm. Leaves opposite, minute, scale-like. Flowers mostly perfect, sessile in groups of 3 at nodes in a terminal, bracteate spike; calyx 3-parted, pyramidal, 1–2 mm wide, completely closed except for a central slit; stamens 2. Fruit flattened, enclosed in spongy calyx; seeds vertical, ca. 0.5 mm across (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Across much of MT apart from the northwestern and southeastern areas; BC and MB south to NV, NM and KS (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 57
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- McGregor, R.L. (coordinator), T.M. Barkley, R.E. Brooks, and E.K. Schofield (eds). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains: Great Plains Flora Association. Lawrence, KS: Univ. Press Kansas. 1392 pp.
- Nebraska Game & Parks Commission. 2013. Nebraska's Threatened & Endangered Species: Saltwort, Salicornia rubra. Nebraska Game & Parks Commission with funds from the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Rothweiler, R.A. 1960. Food habits, movements and nesting of gulls on a waterfowl area, Freezeout Lake, Teton County, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 29 p.
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