Suaeda maritima  Dumort
 
Suaeda maritima Dumort  



Erect much branched herb, 0.30 m - 0.65 m tall, green 
Tap roots occasionally exposed due to soil erosion during tidal current 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sessile, 1.0 cm long and 0.4 cm broad, succulent, 0.05 cm thick, green, ovate-oblong, entire, round, isobilateral 
Spikes at leaf axis, ebracteate, small flowered, bisexual, complete, regular, sessile, erect, horizontal, hypogynous 
Tepals5, polytepalous, rosaceous, inferior, imbricate, ovate, acute, entire, succulent, green, equal length, persistent 
Stamens 5, free, filament white, soft, glabrous, terete, 0.1 cm long, basifixed, exerted, anther bilobed, dark yellow, globose, extrorse 
Carpels 3, syncarpous, ovary superior, whitish green, succulent, glabrous, single chambered with single ovule, basal placentation, Style 2, soft, white, terminal, Stigma 0