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Salicornia europaea L.

Synonyms

Salicornia annua, Salicornia appressa, Salicornia biennis, Salicornia herbacea, Salicornia obscura, Salicornia patula

Common names

Glasswort

Extract from Wikipedia article

Salicornia europaea , known as common glasswort or just glasswort, is a halophytic annual dicot which grows in various zones of intertidal salt marshes. The ashes of glasswort and saltwort plants and of kelp were long used as a source of soda ash (mainly sodium carbonate) for glassmaking and soapmaking. The introduction of the LeBlanc process for the industrial production of soda ash superseded the use of plant sources in the first half of the 19th century.

Glasswort (Salicornia europaea) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Glasswort (Salicornia europaea) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
Rose area Road, Qatar

Fall colors of glasswort Salicornia europaea in salt marsh, view from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Fall colors of glasswort Salicornia europaea in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Rose area Road, Qatar

Reddish plant of glasswort Salicornia europaea on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Rose area Road, Qatar

Inundated reddish plants of glasswort Salicornia europaea on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
Rose area Road, Qatar

Glasswort (Salicornia europaea) taken from Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015

Red foliage of glasswort (Salicornia europaea) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Red stems of glasswort (Salicornia europaea) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Glasswort (Salicornia europaea) on a beach near Fuwairit. Qatar, June 4, 2016
Unnamed Road, Fuwayriţ, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Salicornia europaea, Wikipedia article
• Salicornia europaea from www.catalogueoflife.org
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar
• Qatar Biodiversity - Plants
• Flora of Qatar
• Plants of UAE
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Plants of Saudi Arabia (Flickr/Salem Al Shekaili)
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Pictures from Qatar (Panoramio/safamarwa)
• Pictures from Oman
• Flora of Israel

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Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.