Common Name

Grey Samphire; Grey Glasswort

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Notes

Shrub or perennial forb to 1m tall or sprawling.  Succulent stems.  Leafless.  Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), succulent, in spikes at the ends of the stems, 2-8cm long, of 6-40 flower segments.  Was Halosarcia halocnemoides ssp. halocnemoides.

Definite differentiation between most species of Tecticornia depends on details of the seeds, which needs a microscope to see.

Description and photo (as Arthrocnemum halocnemoides  var.  halocnemoides) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales pages 236-237

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tecticornia~halocnemoides

Florabase photo:   http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/33237

Photo of plant with mature fruiting bodies. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW