Scientific Name: Salicornia quinqueflora subsp. tasmanica

Common Name: tasmanian glasswort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Amaranthaceae

Form Description: Small succulent tufted plant with green to red upright, segmented stems and greenish rooted 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 short acute curved hairs.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Saltmarsh
Habitat Notes

Scattered in coastal areas on rocky substrates that are flooded by the sea.

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
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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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.