Salicornia rubra | |
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Inflorescences | |
In a saline seep in Montana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Salicornia |
Species: | S. rubra
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Binomial name | |
Salicornia rubra | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Salicornia rubra, the Rocky Mountain glasswort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. [2] 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. [1] A halophyte, it is one of the most salt-tolerant plants of North America. [3]