| Arthroceras subterminale | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salicornioideae |
| Genus: | Arthroceras |
| Species: | A. subterminale |
| Binomial name | |
| Arthroceras subterminale (Parish) Piirainen & G.Kadereit | |
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Arthroceras subterminale is a species of flowering plant in the Amaranth family known by the common name Parish's glasswort. It is the only species in the genus Arthroceras.[2] This coastal and inland California native plant is a shrub that is found southerly into northern Mexico, also in both coastal and inland areas, including salt marshes, alkali flats, and other habitats with saline soils.
As a halophyte, capable of growing in substrates with high salt concentrations, this glasswort is a perennial herb or subshrub growing in low clumps up to a meter wide mature plants having woody bases branching into fleshy, jointed green stems. The leaves appear as fused rings around stem, the tip of each individual blade narrowing to a point. The inflorescence is a fleshy, sticklike spike of minute flowers, each flower just a pocket made up of the joined sepals; there are no petals.
References
- ↑ "Arthroceras subterminale (Parish) Piirainen & G.Kadereit", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-04-08
- ↑ "Arthroceras Piirainen & G.Kadereit", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-04-08
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