Sarcocornia perennis (Mill.) A.J. Scott
(Perennial Glasswort)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSarcocornia perennis (Perennial Glasswort)
FamilyAMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sarcocornia perennis (Perennial Glasswort) :
1: Sarcocornia perennis (Perennial Glasswort)
19 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on very sheltered, tidal mudflat
Image 1: Fertile branch - white backgroundImage 2: Fertile branch - white background (2)Image 3: Plant - with fertile and sterile branchesImage 4: Sterile branch growing into fertile branchesImage 5: Sterile branch growing into fertile branches - white backgroundImage 6: Sterile branch growing into fertile branches - white background (2)Image 7: Sterile branch growing into fertile branches - white background (3)Image 8: Sterile branch - white backgroundImage 9: Sterile branch - white background (2)Image 10: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 12: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 13: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (4)Image 14: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (5)Image 15: Fertile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (6)Image 16: Fertile tip of sterile branch - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 17: Fertile tip of sterile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 18: Rootlet on trailing stem - enlargedImage 19: Roots on trailing stem - enlargedImage 20: Roots on trailing stem - enlarged (2)Image 21: Sterile branch - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 22: Sterile branch - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)
2: Sarcocornia perennis (Perennial Glasswort)
27 Jul 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
along strand line
Image 1: Branches - close-upImage 2: Branches - close-up (2)Image 3: Branches - close-up (3)Image 4: Branch tips - top view - close-upImage 5: Close-upImage 6: Close-up (2)Image 7: Close-up (3)Image 8: PlantImage 9: Plant (2)Image 10: RootstockImage 11: Flowering stem - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Flowering stem - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Flowering stem - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 14: Flowering stem - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 15: Flowering stem - close-up - enlarged - white background (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Akeroyd, J.R. (based on Rose, F., 1984) Salicornia and Sarcocornia Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Sarcocornia perennis (Perennial Glasswort) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcocornia perennis (Perennial Glasswort)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sarcocornia perennis (Perennial Glasswort)
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