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BEADED SAMPHIRE FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Beaded Samphire
Other Names
Beaded Glasswort, Glasswort, Bead Weed
Description
Beaded Samphire is a perennial succulent or sub-shrub growing to about half a metre in height but often forms a low spreading groundcover. The fleshy stems are segmented into cylindrical or barrel-shaped segments and it has no leaves. Bead weed is usually green, but in conditions of stress it turns red. The flowers are not very noticeable and are produced from between stem segments at the ends of the branches. The flowers are followed by spongy fruit about 8mm long.
Habitat
found around salt lakes and saltpans
Distribution
Sarcocornia quinqueflora is found in Victoria, eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland and south west of Western Australia from around Shark Bay to Esperance.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.1m - 0.5m
Spread: 0.5m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Caryophyllales | | Family: | Amaranthaceae | | Genus: | Sarcocornia | | Species: | quinqueflora | | Common Name: | Beaded Samphire |
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