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Arthroceras subterminale

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Arthroceras subterminale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Salicornioideae
Genus: Arthroceras
Species:
A. subterminale
Binomial name
Arthroceras subterminale
(Parish) Piirainen & G.Kadereit
Synonyms[1]
  • Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish) Standl.
  • Salicornia subterminalis Parish

Arthroceras subterminale is a species of flowering plant in the Amaranth family known by the common name Parish's glasswort. It is the only species in the genus Arthroceras.[2] This coastal and inland California native plant is a shrub that is found southerly into northern Mexico, also in both coastal and inland areas, including salt marshes, alkali flats, and other habitats with saline soils.

As a halophyte, capable of growing in substrates with high salt concentrations, this glasswort is a perennial herb or subshrub growing in low clumps up to a meter wide mature plants having woody bases branching into fleshy, jointed green stems. The leaves appear as fused rings around stem, the tip of each individual blade narrowing to a point. The inflorescence is a fleshy, sticklike spike of minute flowers, each flower just a pocket made up of the joined sepals; there are no petals.

References

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  1. ^ "Arthroceras subterminale (Parish) Piirainen & G.Kadereit", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-04-08
  2. ^ "Arthroceras Piirainen & G.Kadereit", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-04-08
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