Chenopodiaceae
Red swampfire
Salicornia rubra
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Salicornia
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Salicornia rubraChenopodiaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Red swampfire, Red samphire
Synonyms
- Salicornia borealis S.L.Wolff & Jefferies
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.