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
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