Scientific Name: Salicornia quinqueflora subsp. quinqueflora

Common Name: beaded glasswort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Amaranthaceae

Form Description: Small succulent undershrub with green to red upright, segmented stems and greenish rooted prostrate stems.

Flowers: Flowers do not have petals, but the white styles and stigmas are visible. Borne in fleshy spikes, on upper segments of upright stems.

Fruit: Seed is oval and somewhat flattened, with slender spreading hairs.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastClarenceDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Saltmarsh
Habitat Notes

Moderately saline and frequently flooded communities, usually in estuaries.

General Notes

Important food plant for migratory birds. The Tasmanian Sarcocornia species are often parasitised by gall-gnats, which cause segments or short branches to turn bright red.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Soaking Soak seed in water for 8-12 hours, changing the water 2-3 times.

Seed Treatment Notes

Soaking seed in water for 8-12 hours, changing water 2-3 times may improve results.

Cutting & Division Information

Growing by division is most reliable but often establishment is slow. Cuttings are slow and not always successful. Cuttings need regular watering, and advanced plants can be watered with diluted seawater.