Salicornia rubra

Red Samphire

Lake Newell
13-Aug-01

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Salicornia: Answers to key questions leading to this genus.
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stems fleshy, jointed

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leaves and branches opposite

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leaves reduced to scales

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flowers axillary and sunk into the fleshy stem

 

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Chenopodiaceae: Answers to key questions leading to this family.  Some of these answers apply only to genus
Salicornia.
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herbs

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plants terrestrial, but sometimes growing in marshy places

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plants not parasitic on trees; rooted in soil or water

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plants of saline areas

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stem fleshy

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plants with stems or stemless, but with more than one pair of leaves

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leaves without stipules

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leaves opposite

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leaves scale-like

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flowers imbedded in stem

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flowers not subtended by scarious bracts

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sepals herbaceous or fleshy

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flowers with only one floral ring, with sepals but not petals

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stamens and pistils in each flower

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styles 2-3 or of 2-3 branches

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pistil solitary, simple or compound

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flower hypogynous

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ovary superior

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ovary and capsule 1-loculed

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ovary or its locules with only 1 or 2 ovules