Chenopodiaceae

Herbaceous seepweed

Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort.

Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Suaeda

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Herbaceous seepweed (Suaeda maritima) — FlowerPhoto: Barry Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (27)

Arabic: سويداء بحرية
arz: سويداء بحريه
Bulgarian: Морска суеда
Catalan: Canyametes
Chinese: 裸花碱蓬, 裸花鹼蓬, 平卧碱蓬, 海滨碱蓬
Czech: Solnička přímořská, Solnička rozprostřená
Danish: Strandgåsefod, Almindelig strandgåsefod
Dutch: Klein schorrekruid, Klein schorrenkruid, Schorrenkruid
English: Herbaceous seepweed, Annual sea-blite, Annual-seablite, Sea blite, White sea-blite, Annual seablite
Estonian: Rand-soodahein
Finnish: Pikkukilokki
French: Suéda maritime, Soude maritime
German: Strand-Sode, Meerstrand-Gänsefüßchen, Schmalzmelde, Sode, Strandsode, Klein-Salzmelde, Kleine Salzmelde, Kleine Sode
Gujarati: મોરડ, લાણો, લૂણો
hsb: Mórska zolica
Icelandic: Salturt
Irish: Blide mhara
Japanese: ハママツナ, 浜松菜
Norwegian Bokmål: Saftmelde
Persian: سیاهشور دریایی
Polish: Sodówka nadmorska
Slovenian: Primorski slanorad
Spanish: Canamete, Cañamete, Lerchea maritima
Swedish: Saltört
Thai: ชะคราม, ช้าคราม
Vietnamese: Phì diệp biển
Welsh: Helys unflwydd

Synonyms

Atriplex maritima (L.) Crantz
Chenopodina aestuaria Dumort.
Chenopodina bacciformis Dumort.
Chenopodina filiformis Moq.
Chenopodina maritima (L.) Moq.
Chenopodina maritima var. erecta Moq.
Chenopodina maritima var. vulgaris Moq.
Chenopodina prostrata (Pall.) Moq.
Chenopodina sativa Moq.
Chenopodina spicata Moq.
Chenopodina tortuosa Moq.
Chenopodium crassifolium Desf.
Chenopodium filiforme Dumort.
Chenopodium hortense Raddi ex Moq.
Chenopodium hostii Ledeb.
Chenopodium jacquinii Ten.
Chenopodium macrocarpum Desv.
Chenopodium maritimum L.
Chenopodium prostratum (Pall.) Schult.
Chenopodium spicatum Schult.
Cochliospermum cavanillesii Lag.
Dondia maritima Druce
Lerchia maritima (L.) Kuntze
Salsola indica Willd.
Salsola maritima (L.) M.Bieb.
Salsola sedoides L.
Schoberia crassifolia Steud.
Schoberia indica (Willd.) Kostel.
Schoberia maritima (L.) C.A.Mey.
Suaeda albescens Lázaro Ibiza
Suaeda cavanillesiana (Lázaro Ibiza) Cout.
Suaeda chenopodioides Pall.
Suaeda fernaldii (Standl.) Standl.
Suaeda indica (Willd.) Moq.
Suaeda maritima subsp. richii (Fernald) Bassett & Crompton
Suaeda maritima var. cavanillesiana Lázaro Iberia
Suaeda maritima var. maritima
Suaeda maritima var. perennans Maire
Suaeda maritima var. vulgaris Moq.
Suaeda nudiflora (Willd.) Moq.

and 2 more.

Flowers

In flower: July to September (from 51 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Barry Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Navrasa, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chen Jia Hong, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrew Gibson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.