Salicornia quinqueflora

Common Name:

Beaded Glasswort

Family:

Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):

Lowan Mallee, ?Wannon, ?Otway Range, Gippsland Plain, ?East Gippsland, Gippsland Highlands, Snowfields (ABCDEGHJKNPSTWXZ) all states except NT
Map - Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):

Saltmarsh ¹

Flower Description:

Small green flowers ²

Habit:

Prostrate shrub to 0.5 m ¹

Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):

This species has spikes of 5-9 flowers in a single row. There are two subspecies present in Victoria, Sarcocornia quinqueflora subsp. tasmanica has tufted branches and seeds with acute hairs. Sarcocornia quinqueflora subsp. quinqueflora has a decumbent habit with hooked hairs on the seeds ²

Images:

Links to more images:

Atlas of Living Australia MELU

Links to description of this species:

WA Flora VicFlora

Conservation status:

Sarcocornia quinqueflora subsp. tasmanica is poorly known in Victoria and is suspected to be either rare, vulnerable, endangered or extinct

References:

¹ Ellis, M. (unpublished). “A Field Guide to South Gippsland Flora”.
² Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria